Utilization of Metarhizium as an insect biocontrol agent and a plant bioinoculant with special reference to Brazil

Brazil has a long history of using biological control and has the largest program in sugarcane agriculture to which a biocontrol program has been applied. This achievement is at least partly due to the utilization of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium. This well-known fungal genus exhibits path...

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Main Authors: Emily Mesquita, Shasha Hu, Tais B. Lima, Patricia Silva Golo, Michael J. Bidochka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Fungal Biology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffunb.2023.1276287/full