Soil treatment and its benefits with the biological insecticide METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE

  • Metarhizium anisopliae is a very useful biological control.

  • It is used as an insecticide against about 300 species of white grubs, termites, grasshoppers, planthoppers, aphids, bugs, and beetles, etc.

  • Take 1 kg of Metarhizium anisopliae/acre and mix it with 50-100 kg of well-decomposed FYM and broadcast it in an open field. 

  • Spores of this fungus germinate on the body of the insect’s insufficient moisture.

  • This fungus eats the body of the host insect. 

  • It can also be used as spraying in standing crops.

  • It is very important to have the necessary moisture in the field before its use.

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