%0 Journal Article %T Desplazamiento de Conidias de Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae en Columnas de Tres Series de Suelo %A Salazar P %A Ana Mar¨ªa %A Gerding G %A Macarena %A France I %A Andr¨¦s %A Campos P %A Jorge %A Gerding P %A Marcos %A Sandoval E %A Marco %J Agricultura T¨¦cnica %D 2007 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0365-28072007000300002 %X the fungus metarhizium anisopliae isolation qu-m270 is a promising control agent for the wheat white grub (hylamorpha elegans burm.), a chilean scarabeid species whose larvae feed on roots of diverse crops and move in soil up to a depth of 25 cm . in this study, the vertical movement of qu- m270 conidias suspended in water was evaluated in three soil series from the b¨ªo-b¨ªo region (36¡ã32£¿ s lat; 71¡ã55£¿ w long), chile. soil was obtained using pvc pipes 30 cm long by 20 cm in diameter. conidia recovery was performed in a specific medium for metarhizium anisopliae, by counting colony forming units in 1 g of dry soil. the quella series (aquic durixerets) was more restrictive to the percolation of conidia, which were concentrated at the first 10 cm . with the arenales series (dystric xeropsamments), conidia were found below 15 cm and in percolated liquids. on the other hand, the mirador series (ultic palexeralf) had a uniform distribution of conidia at every depth %K biological control %K entomopathogenic fungus %K infiltration %K biopesticide. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0365-28072007000300002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en