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

ABSTRACT: 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 pathogenicity against a broad range of arthropod hosts and has been used globally as a biocontrol agent. This fungus is also a root symbiont, and in this capacity, it is a plant growth promoter. However, this feature (i.e., as a plant symbiont) has yet to be fully explored and implemented in Brazil, although the number of reports demonstrating Metarhizium's utility as a plant bioinoculant is increasing. The Brazilian bioproduct industry targets agricultural pests, and is limited to two

SUBMITTER: Mesquita E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10768067 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature