Pest management science
From omics to enhanced fungal virulence: overexpression of a putative secreted protein improves Beauveria bassiana biocontrol potential against the insect pest Piezodorus guildinii.
Héctor Oberti, Lucia Sessa, Emmeline van Roosmalen, Charissa de Bekker, Michael F Seidl, Andrea Sanchez-Vallet, Eduardo Abreo
Published: 202510.1002/ps.70442
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana is widely used as a biocontrol agent, but its efficacy varies depending on the target insect species. Piezodorus guildinii, a major soybean pest, exhibits low susceptibility to B. bassiana. T…
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