Entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana is being used as a biopesticide for various insect pests. Many field level usages were started long back but when it comes to the storage level the usage were minimized. In order to minimize the usage of synthetic chemical pesticide and to improve the biopesticide the present study was undertaken to control the stored product pest Corcyra cephalonica as it is the primary pest which causes economical agriculture loss to our country. B. bassiana secretes enzymes like amylase, protease, chitinase and lipase. These enzymes act on the protein present in the insect pests and bring death to the insect. These were verified by in silico docking studies and the enzyme amylase was found to be the best docking ligand.
Entomopathogenic fungus belong to the fungal group which are widely used in the integrated pest management systems. These fungi are insect associated and kills the agricultural pests.So they are used as biopesticides and by replacing the chemical pesticides and do save the human beings and environment from hazardous chemical pollution. These entomopathogenic fungus produce many secondary metabolites which have antimicrobial activities.It also has bioactive compounds that contains larvicidal and insecticidal activities. Corcyra cephalonica ,a stored product pest is a major agricultural pest which causes economic loss to our country. Though there may be evidences for the conidial and spore treatments but secondary metabolite usages were very less. So the present study was undertaken to check the secondary metabolite of entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana an effective agent to control the stored product pest corcyra cephalonica and can be used in integrated pest management systems.
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