Paecilomyces fumosoroseus, is considered a very promising biological pesticide due to its extensive host range which includes insects in over 25 different families, including the diamondback moth (Plutella xyllostella), Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia), silver leaf whitefly (Bemisia argentifolii) and wide range of mites (Spotted Spider Mite, Red Mite, Brown Mite, and Rust Mite).
Mode of action
The spores of this fungus when comes in contact with the cuticle (skin) of the pest insect, they germinate and grow directly through the cuticle to the inner body of their host. The fungus proliferates throughout the insect’s body, draining the insect of nutrients and eventually killing it.
Crops
Cut flowers, Ornamentals in greenhouses and Nurseries, Vegetables, Maize, Rice, Cotton, Cole crops and Plantation crop.
Target pests
Tetranychus urticae (Two – spotted Spider Mite), Panonychus ulmi (European Red Mite), Byrobia rubrioculus (Brown Mite),
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