Fungi used as a Insecticide
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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.
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