Classification and infection mechanism of entomopathogenic fungi
ABSTRACT: Entomopathogenic fungi are important biological control agents throughout the world, have been the subject of intensive research for more than 100 years, and can occur at epizootic or enzootic levels in their host populations. Their mode of action against insects involves attaching a spore to the insect cuticle, followed by germination, penetration of the cuticle, and dissemination inside the insect. Strains of entomopathogenic fungi are concentrated in the following orders: Hypocreales (various genera), Onygenales (Ascosphaera genus), Entomophthorales, and Neozygitales (Entomophthoromycota).
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| Format: | Digital revista |
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Instituto Biológico
2017
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-16572017000100403 |
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