General aspects, host interaction, and application of <i>Metarhizium</i> sp. in arthropod pest and vector control.

ABSTRACT: The application of microorganisms as bio-control agents against arthropod populations is a need in many countries, especially in tropical, subtropical, and neotropical endemic areas. Several arthropod species became agricultural pests of paramount economic significance, and many methods have been developed for field and urban applications to prevent their, the most common being the application of chemical insecticides. However, the indiscriminate treatment based upon those substances acted as a selective pressure for upcoming resistant phenotype populations. As alternative tools, microorganisms have been prospected as complementary tools for pest and vectorial control, once they act in a more specific pattern against target organisms than chemicals. They are considered environmentally frie

SUBMITTER: de Miranda RPR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11614621 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature