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obligate pathogens of arthropods; 'insect destroyer'
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obligate pathogens of arthropods; 'insect destroyer'
entomopthora
entomopthora produces _______ inside the body of the fly
conidiophores
an ascomycete that causes white muscardine diease of insects and is commercially available as a mycoinsecticide
Beauveria bassiana
causes green muscardine disease due to the green appearance of conidia on the insect cadaver
Metarhizium anisopliae
obligate ectoparasites of arthropods where ascocarps eventually develop on exoskeleton
Laboulbeniomycete fungi
basidiomycete genus of fungi that grows on the outside of the plant that form a symbiotic relationship primarily with scale insects
Septobasidium sp.
leaf-cutter ants, also referred to as Attine ants, propagate fungi for consumption
Leucoagaricus and Lepiota
Leucoagaricus and Lepiota develop a swelling at the hyphal tip called _________ that the ants consume
bromatium
A good antifungal agent inhibits _____________ to kill fungi
essential proteins
Why are there not as many antifungal agent as there are antibacterial agents?
Antifungal agents, like humans, are eukaryotic and share the same essential proteins
triazoles were first developed by who?Bayerwhat two crops is alfatoxin most common in?corn and peanutswhat is the medical term for infection of aflatoxin?aflatoxicosisuse of live predatory insects, entomopathogenic nematodes, or microbial pathogens to suppress populations of pest insectsbiocontrol in entomologyuse of microbial antagonists to suppress diseases as well as the use of host specific pathogens to control weed populationsbiocontrol in plant pathologyfungi are good BCAs because the have a high __________________ capacity, have ________________ generation time, and often highly _____________reproductive, short, specificFungi can be bad BCAs because they may _________ rather than kill, _____________ rather than eliminate, and work slowlydamage, reduce