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Home The sporulating fungus, Beauveria Bassina, on TPB (Tarnished Plant Bug) cadaver.

The sporulating fungus, Beauveria Bassina, on TPB (Tarnished Plant Bug) cadaver.

submitted by agwartney on July 26, 2011
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Tags: Beauveria Bassina , bug , entomopathogenic , fungus , mycopathogen , plant , sporulating , tarnished
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Author(s): USDA
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Application of the mycopathogen, Beauveria Bassina, that make spores to introduce a fungus on tarnished plant bugs as an alternative to chemical control. Research and develop microbial control strategies for tarnished plant bugs on alternate hosts using entomopathogenic fungi.

(http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/docs.htm?docid=7580)

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