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Three colonies of Beauveria bassiana growing together provide a portent of the usefulness of entomopathogenic fungi to manage pest insect populations.
Three colonies of Beauveria bassiana growing together provide a portent of the usefulness of entomopathogenic fungi to manage pest insect populations.
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  • Three colonies of Beauveria bassiana growing together provide a portent of the usefulness of entomopathogenic fungi to manage pest insect populations.
  • A lepidopteran larva killed by baculovirus displaying the typical cadaver liquefaction and release of virus particles.
  • A heteropteran killed by the entomopathogenic Ascomycete Metarhizium anisopliae shows the typical emergence and sporulation of this fungus.
  • "It died happy. Well, maybe not" Beauveria bassiana emerging from the less sclerotized portions of a Mormon cricket (Anabrus simplex, actually a tettigonid) that had succumbed to infection. The small round clusters of conidia scattered on the surface of the insect are characteristic of this fungus.

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