Carrier and Vector of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. Carotovorum and its Handling Through a Base of Entomopathogenic Fungi in Agave sp

The presence of the carrier and vector of Pectobacterium carotovorum (Jones) (Enterobacteriaceae) was found in Agave potatorum Zucc. (Asparagaceae) (larvae and adults of Scyphopphorus acupunctatus Gyllenhaal [Coleoptera: Curculionidae], larvae of Drosophila melanogaster Macquart [Diptera: Drosophilidae] and Hermetia illucens [L.] [Diptera: Stratiomyidae], and adults of Hololepta sp. [Coleoptera: Histeridae]) in Oaxaca, Mexico. Entomopathogenic fungi have been used as control methods to prevent the development of bacteria under laboratory conditions. After 5 d of inoculation, all the existing insects in the agave plants exhibited 98% of the countable growth of the bacterium, which led to the determination that the 4 species of insects are carriers and vectors of P. carotovorum. According to the final growth of the bacterium and the entomopathogenic fungi, the Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. (Cordycipitaceae) (E) strain at a concentration of 1.0 × 104 spores per mL showed a difference of 57.2 mm. For this reason, it was considered the best strain to disable the growth of P. carotovorum.