Combating pest insects in the soil with root-colonizing insecticidal fungi
Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 09:20
in Biology & Nature
The biological control of pest insects in the soil has come one step closer. Wageningen UR has isolated five promising fungi that kill 90 to 100 per cent of the grubs and crane fly larvae, and which also survive well in the soil when there are no pest insects present. It is expected that these insecticidal fungi will also be effective against other pest insects in the soil.