Species

From BIOL 2P96 Jan 2013 Group 07

Pest management in crops is frequently accomplished by the use of fungal species as biopesticides. The fungi are employed as pathogens of target pests, allowing for control of the target pest populations. As a result, fungi can play an important role in managing and reducing crop damage. ^[1].

The following page serves as a summary of the species mentioned on the Fungi Uses in Pest Management page. The species Lecanicillium lecanii was further described on its own page.

Selected Species of Fungi used in Pest Management

Species	Image	Type of Biopesticide	Selected Target Species	Links to Further Information & References
Alternaria pellucida		Herbicide	Arrowhead (Sagitaria trifolia)	Fungi used as a Herbicide
Beauveria bassiana		Insecticide	Southern Fire Ant (Solenopsis xyloni), House Fly, Ticks	Fungi uses in Urban Environments & Fungi used as a Insecticide
Collectotrichum gloeosporiodes		Herbicide	Arrowhead (Sagitaria trifolia)	Fungi used as a Herbicide
Coniothyrium minitans		Fungicide	Sclerotia spp.	Fungi used as a Fungicide
Cordyceps blattae		Insecticide	German cockroach (Blattella germanica)	Fungi uses in Urban Environments
Lecanicillium lecanii		Insecticide	Sap feeding insects: Aphids, Whiteflies, Scale Insects, Thrips, Mealy Bugs	Lecanicillium lecanii
Metarhizium anisopliae		Insecticide	Termites, Black, Brown Ants, Biting Midge, Ticks	Fungi uses in Urban Environments & Fungi used as a Insecticide
Paecilomyces fumosoroseus		Insecticide	Not specified	Fungi uses in Urban Environments
Phytophthora palmivoraa		Herbicide	Not specified	Fungi used as a Herbicide
Puccinia carduorum		Herbicide	Carduus thoermeri	Fungi used as a Herbicide
Puccinia chondrillina		Herbicide	Chondrilla juncea	Fungi used as a Herbicide
Puccinia romagnoliana Marie & Sacc.		Herbicide	Cyperus rotundus	Fungi used as a Herbicide
Trichoderma spp.		Fungicide	Fusarium oxysporum, Pythium arrhenomanes	Fungi used as a Fungicide
Uromycladium tepperianum		Herbicide	Acacia saligna	Fungi used as a Herbicide
Hirsutella thompsonii		Insecticide	Acari Tetranychidae(Mites)	Fungi used as a insecticide

Notes and References

1. ↑ Singh, A., Parmar, N., & Kuhad, R. (2011). Bioaugmentation, biostimulation and biocontrol [electronic resource] / Ajay Singh, Nagina Parmar, Ramesh C. Kuhad, editors. Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, c2011.