本試驗主要目的在於利用氯化鈣(CaCl2)及不同水勢(water potential)來誘導黑殭菌於液態培養環境中產生分生孢子。本試驗分別添加7.3%及24%之polyethylene glycol(PEG 200)於液態培養基malt extract broth(MEB)分別將培養基水勢調整為-2.1Mpa及-7.0Mpa,並分別添加20及40mM氯化鈣(CaCl2),於25°C、150 rpm的環境下培養5天,計算分生孢子之濃度。MEB未添加氯化鈣且未調整水勢者,培養5天之分生孢子濃度為2.39x10^5 conidia/ml;另外,未調整水勢但添加20mM氯化鈣之培養條件下,所產生之分生孢子量最高,約47.6x10^5 conidia/ml。本試驗結果發現,以MEB培養雖可產生分生孢子,但添加氯化鈣之後可明顯增加分生孢子之產量。此外,培養基水勢調整至-7.0Mpa者,無論添加氯化鈣與否,皆無法產生分生孢子。
This study was to determine the induction of submerged conidiation of Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae, using an malt extract broth. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) 200 was added at 7.3% and 24% (w/v) to achieve the water potential (Ψ) of the final broth at -2.1 Mpa and -7.0 Mpa, respectively. Also, calcium chloride (CaCl2) was added at 20 and 40 mM, respectively. Samples of M. anisopliae var. anisopliae incubated at 25°C on a rotary shaker at 150 rpm for 5 days. Conidia yields were at 2.39 × 10^5 conidia/ml in unmodified and non-calcium medium after 5 days. Adding calcium chloride at 20 mM to unmodified MEB increased the production of M. anisopliae conidia to 47.6 × 10^5 conidia/ml. However, no conidia were produced in -7.0 Mpa broth with or without calcium chloride.