Fungi used as a Insecticide

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	Certain species of fungi can act as parasites of insect. When a fungus is used as insecticides, it is called mycoinsecticide. In recent years, crop protection has been trending towards integrated pest management (IPM) using bacteria and fungi as insecticides. Approximately 750 species of fungi are pathogenic to insects. Only 12 have been utilized as insecticides. Two prominent species of fungi used as insecticides are Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae. Mycoinsecticides function by first being applied to the insects in spray form. The fungi then use their hyphae to burrow into the insects. The hyphae spread the insectotoxins throughout the insect to activate them, eventually leading to the the insect’s death.		Certain species of fungi can act as parasites of insect. When a fungus is used as insecticides, it is called mycoinsecticide. In recent years, crop protection has been trending towards integrated pest management (IPM) using bacteria and fungi as insecticides. Approximately 750 species of fungi are pathogenic to insects. Only 12 have been utilized as insecticides. Two prominent species of fungi used as insecticides are Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae. Mycoinsecticides function by first being applied to the insects in spray form. The fungi then use their hyphae to burrow into the insects. The hyphae spread the insectotoxins throughout the insect to activate them, eventually leading to the the insect’s death.
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		+	Adsorption serves as the major rate limiting step for pest control in terms of insecticidal usage <ref name=" Khachatourians "> Khachatourians, G. G., Valencia, E., & Miranpuri, G. S. (2002). Beauveria bassiana and other Entomopathogenic Fungi in the Management of Insect Pests. Microbial biopesticides, 2, 239-275.</ref>. Entomopathogenic fungi is a multi-step process that includes various different physical interactions, germination, and penetration which varies by species<ref name=" Khachatourians "/>. Each of these different processes also goes on to serve different physiological, chemical and physical specificities. Changes in normal physiology as well as the development of alterations including but not limited to an eventual reduction in both feeding and mobility as well as behavioural fever responses and alterations in typical migration patterns are all results of infection by Entomopathogenic fungi <ref name=" Khachatourians "/>.

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Introduction

Certain species of fungi can act as parasites of insect. When a fungus is used as insecticides, it is called mycoinsecticide. In recent years, crop protection has been trending towards integrated pest management (IPM) using bacteria and fungi as insecticides. Approximately 750 species of fungi are pathogenic to insects. Only 12 have been utilized as insecticides. Two prominent species of fungi used as insecticides are Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae. Mycoinsecticides function by first being applied to the insects in spray form. The fungi then use their hyphae to burrow into the insects. The hyphae spread the insectotoxins throughout the insect to activate them, eventually leading to the the insect’s death.

General Process Adsorption serves as the major rate limiting step for pest control in terms of insecticidal usage ^[1]. Entomopathogenic fungi is a multi-step process that includes various different physical interactions, germination, and penetration which varies by species^[1]. Each of these different processes also goes on to serve different physiological, chemical and physical specificities. Changes in normal physiology as well as the development of alterations including but not limited to an eventual reduction in both feeding and mobility as well as behavioural fever responses and alterations in typical migration patterns are all results of infection by Entomopathogenic fungi ^[1].