Importance of Metarhizium Culture in Agriculture

  • Metarhizium anisopliae is a very useful biological control.
  • It is used as an insecticide against white grubs and termites, grasshoppers, planthoppers, aphids, bugs, and beetles, etc. against about 300 insect species.
  • It is very important to have the necessary moisture in the field before its use.
  • Spores of this fungus germinate on the body of the insect’s insufficient moisture.
  • This fundus eats the insect’s body.
  • It is used to treat the soil in combination with cow dung manure.
  • It can also be used as spraying in standing crops.
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