Fungos, sua utilização para controle de insetos de importância médica e agrícola

Isolation of fungi in Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Muscidae) captured at two natural breeding grounds in the municipality of Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

“…Entomopathogenic fungus species are cited as most effective in insect control programs (Hall & Papierok 1982, Messias 1989.…”

Filamentous fungi associated with mosquito larvae (Diptera: Culicidae) in municipalities of the Brazilian Amazon

“…Studies on entomopathogenic fungi have shown their promise as biological control agents of mosquito vectors of tropical diseases (Messias 1989).There are many examples worldwide related to the interactions of fungi and Culicidae larvae (e.g. Agarwala et al 1999, Lucarotti & Shoulkamy 2000, Scholte et al 2004, Pereira et al 2005.…”

Total lipids and fatty acids of strains of Metarhizium anisopliae

“…Also, mesophilic fungi (minimum temperature above 0 º C, maximum below 50 º C and optimum between 15 and 40 º C) have larger quantities of linoleic acid (14), where M. anisopliae must be included, whereas thermophilic fungi (minimum temperature at or above 20 º C, maximum at or above 50 º C and optimum somewhere in the higher half of that range) have more oleic acid (12). The extent of unsaturation is a little higher in the mycelial form than in the conidial form due to linoleic acid and oleic acid.…”

“…The fungus Metarhizium anisopliae has been used in Brazil in programs aiming at the microbial control of agricultural pests, in particular Mahanarva posticata (Homoptera: Cercopidae), the sugar cane leaf spittlebug (12), and for the control of other pests in different countries (18).…”