Beauveria Bassiana is an entomopathogenic fungus that grows naturally in soil all over the world. Acting as a parasite on various arthropod species, causing white muscardine disease; It widely used as a biological insecticide to control a great many pests such as bed bugs, termites, thrips, whiteflies, aphids, and different beetles, etc.
Once the host insects are infected By Beauveria Bassiana, the fungus grows fast inside of the insect’s body. Feeding on the nutrients present in the host’s body and producing toxins continuously.
Insecticidal Mechanism
Beauveria Bassiana is a pathogenic fungus. Applying under suitable environmental conditions, it can be subdivided to produce the spores. After the spores are in contact with pests, they can adhere to the epidermis of the pests. It can dissolve the outer shell of the insect and invade the host body to grow and reproduce.It will begin to consume lots of nutrients in the body of pests and form a large number of mycelium and spores inside the body of insects. In the meantime, Beauveria Bassiana also can also produce toxins such as Bassiana, Bassiana Oosporin, and Oosporin , which disturb the metabolism of the pests and eventually lead to death.
Main Features
(1) Wide Spectrum
Beauveria Bassiana can parasitize more than 700 species of insects and mites of 15 orders and 149 families, such as Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Homoptera, with wings mesh and Orthoptera, such as adult, corn borer, moth, soybean sorghum budworm, weevil, potato beetle, small tea green leafhoppers, rice shell pest rice planthopper and rice leafhopper,, mole, grubs, wireworm, cutworms, garlic, leek, maggot maggots variety of underground and ground, etc .
(2) Non-Drug ResistanceBeauveria Bassiana is a microbial fungicide, which mainly kills pests through parasitic reproduction. Therefore, it can be used continuously for many years without drug resistance.
(3) Safe To UseBeauveria Bassiana is a microbial fungus that only acts on host pests. No matter how much concentration is used in production, there will be no drug damage, is the most assured insecticide.
(4) Low Toxicity And No PollutionBeauveria Bassiana is a preparation produced by fermentation. It has no chemical components and is a green, safe and reliable biological pesticide. It has no pollution to the environment and can improve soil conditions.
Suitable Crops
Beauveria Bassiana can be used in theory for all plants. It is currently used in the production of wheat, corn, peanuts, soybeans, potatoes, sweet potatoes, green Chinese onions, garlic, leeks, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, watermelons, cucumbers, etc. Pests can also be used for pine, poplar, willow, locust tree, and other forests as well as apples, pears, apricots, plums, cherries, pomegranates, Japanese persimmons, mangoes, litchi, longan, guava, jujube, walnuts, and other fruit trees.
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