10.6084/m9.figshare.5816583.v1
Margy Alejandra Esparza Mora
Margy Alejandra Esparza
Mora
Alzimiro Marcelo Conteiro Castilho
Alzimiro Marcelo Conteiro
Castilho
Marcelo Elias Fraga
Marcelo Elias
Fraga
Classification and infection mechanism of entomopathogenic fungi
SciELO journals
2018
taxonomy
toxins
enzymes
host
2018-01-24 02:47:18
Dataset
https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Classification_and_infection_mechanism_of_entomopathogenic_fungi/5816583
<div><p>ABSTRACT: Entomopathogenic fungi are important biological control agents throughout the world, have been the subject of intensive research for more than 100 years, and can occur at epizootic or enzootic levels in their host populations. Their mode of action against insects involves attaching a spore to the insect cuticle, followed by germination, penetration of the cuticle, and dissemination inside the insect. Strains of entomopathogenic fungi are concentrated in the following orders: Hypocreales (various genera), Onygenales (Ascosphaera genus), Entomophthorales, and Neozygitales (Entomophthoromycota).</p></div>