Incorporation of entomopathogenic fungi against mustard aphid
Divya S. Patel
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Incorporation of entomopathogenic fungi against mustard aphid

Incredible impact of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin on Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach)

Herausgegeben: Kachot, A. V.; Jethva, D. M.
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Beauveria bassiana is an entomopathogenic fungus that causes white muscardine disease in a range of insects including whiteflies, aphids, thrips, grasshoppers and certain types of beetles. B. bassiana spores simply need to come in contact with a host. Once the host insect is infected, the fungus rapidly grows inside of the insect, feeding on the nutrients present in the host's body and producing toxins in the process. When the host dies, the B. bassiana covers the carcass in a layer of white mold that produces more infective spores. Naturally occurring in the soils of numerous regions globally...