Beauveria bassiana

Summary 2

Beauveria bassiana is a fungus that grows naturally in soils throughout the world and acts as a parasite on various arthropod species, causing white muscardine disease; it thus belongs to the entomopathogenic fungi. It is being used as a biological insecticide to control a number of pests such as termites, thrips, whiteflies, aphids and different beetles. Its use in the control of bedbugs and malaria-transmitting mosquitos is under investigation.

Fontes e Créditos

  1. (c) NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/14550097032/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauveria_bassiana

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