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Agriculture · Q545

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 545

Q545

Metarrhizium anisopiliae targeted against sugarcane pyrilla and rhinoceros beetle and commercially available under the trade name of

A.
Boverin
B.
Vertilec
C.
Biomax
Answer
D.
Butachlor

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Metarrhizium anisopiliae is targeted against sugarcane pyrilla and rhinoceros beetle and is commercially available under the trade name Biomax.
It is a fungus that grows naturally in soils throughout the world and causes disease in various insects by acting as a parasitoid.
The fungus then develops inside the body, eventually killing the insect after a few days, this lethal effect is very likely aided by the production of insecticidal cyclic peptides.