Leslie Banesa Lopez
Professor Charles Hart
Biol 1101L
10Sept. 2016
JAA
Q #1: What is the species name of the model/study organism?
A: The species name of the green house whitefly is Trialeurodes vaporariorum.
Q #2: What is one piece of interesting information found in the introduction?
A: The most interesting part I found in the introduction was that almost all entomopathogenic fungal products contain conidia (asexual spores of a fungi) as an active ingredient. This type of production takes around 4 weeks of growth.
Q #3: What is the major question and/or hypothesis studied in the journal article?
A: The hypothesis in this article is the effective use of blastospores (a spore formed by budding, as in yeast.) of Isaria fumosorosea in an oil-based …show more content…
The experiment I chose is called Thermotolerance assay. This experiment talks about how they compared the tolerance of blastospores and conidia by exposing both to high temperatures while increasing the times. Water-based holdups of blastospores and conidia were set to ca 1x〖10〗^7 〖mL〗^2 and detained in a water soak at 50 ± 1˚C for 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 minutes. In those times they started finding changes. The predictor variables in this experiment were the temperature changes, while the response variables were the the number of germinated propagules. As they increased the temperature the germination percentage went down.
Q #6: What is the major conclusion of the study?
A: The major conclusion was that Blastospores are easily produced in liquid cultures, usually taking less than 4 days, which it is shorter than solid cultures for conidial production. The short decreased production time saves both time and money.
Q #7: Give a full citation of the article as well as other resources you used to help you answer the questions.
A: Blastospore | definition of blastospore by Medical dictionary. (n.d.). Retrieved September 17, 2016, from
Professor Charles Hart
Biol 1101L
10Sept. 2016
JAA
Q #1: What is the species name of the model/study organism?
A: The species name of the green house whitefly is Trialeurodes vaporariorum.
Q #2: What is one piece of interesting information found in the introduction?
A: The most interesting part I found in the introduction was that almost all entomopathogenic fungal products contain conidia (asexual spores of a fungi) as an active ingredient. This type of production takes around 4 weeks of growth.
Q #3: What is the major question and/or hypothesis studied in the journal article?
A: The hypothesis in this article is the effective use of blastospores (a spore formed by budding, as in yeast.) of Isaria fumosorosea in an oil-based …show more content…
The experiment I chose is called Thermotolerance assay. This experiment talks about how they compared the tolerance of blastospores and conidia by exposing both to high temperatures while increasing the times. Water-based holdups of blastospores and conidia were set to ca 1x〖10〗^7 〖mL〗^2 and detained in a water soak at 50 ± 1˚C for 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 minutes. In those times they started finding changes. The predictor variables in this experiment were the temperature changes, while the response variables were the the number of germinated propagules. As they increased the temperature the germination percentage went down.
Q #6: What is the major conclusion of the study?
A: The major conclusion was that Blastospores are easily produced in liquid cultures, usually taking less than 4 days, which it is shorter than solid cultures for conidial production. The short decreased production time saves both time and money.
Q #7: Give a full citation of the article as well as other resources you used to help you answer the questions.
A: Blastospore | definition of blastospore by Medical dictionary. (n.d.). Retrieved September 17, 2016, from