New Fungal Strain Spells Trouble for Caterpillar Pests.(Agricultural Research Service, use of Beauveria bassiana fungus to control insects)(Brief Article)
From: Agricultural Research
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Date: 11/1/2000
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Author: Becker, Hank
The future of environmentally friendly crop insecticides could be brightened by the discovery of a more effective fungus from which to make mycoinsecticides. Mycoinsecticides are fungal sprays that work on insect pests from the inside out. Fungal spores attach to an insect's cuticle, germinate, and then penetrate its body. Spores from dead insects can survive to infect later pest generations.
A new strain of the Beauveria bassiana fungus known as BB-1200 appears to be even more ...
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