Vacuolar iron transporter (like) proteins are indispensable for the production and vitality of insecticidal microsclerotia in Metarhizium rileyi.

Microsclerotia (MS) are highly sturdy and stable dormant structures produced by most filamentous fungi in response to various adversities. Owing to the robust regeneration, MS are also considered an ideal succedaneum to insecticidal conidia for entom…

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