Classification and infection mechanism of entomopathogenic fungi

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...

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Main Authors: Margy Alejandra Esparza Mora, Alzimiro Marcelo Conteiro Castilho, Marcelo Elias Fraga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Biológico 2018-01-01
Series:Arquivos do Instituto Biológico
Subjects:
taxonomia
toxinas
enzimas
hospedeiros
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-16572017000100403&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary: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).
ISSN:1808-1657

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