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Past research has demonstrated the potential efficacy of a range of microbial control agents, including bacteria, fungi, nematodes, and viruses.
The success of microbial control of insects/pests depends not only on their pathogenicity, but also on the successful mass production of the microbial control agents.
The taxonomy, morphology, pathology, and ecology of baculoviruses are briefly presented here and their significance for the use of baculoviruses as microbial control agents discussed.
One challenge to the implementation of microbial control agents is the need for pest management options that are cost-effective and may be applied easily and rapidly over a large area.
Potential future applications of microbial control agents in maize may include bolstering populations of entomopathogens in the soil through conservation biological control, developing entomopathogenic fungi for application to maize seeds, and novel Bt toxins for genetically engineered maize.
Most importantly, perhaps, the end product can be used as a useful soil amendment: fertilizer and/or soil conditioner (Huang et al. 2006; Iqbal et al. 2010), besides other uses such as pellets for fuel (Zajonc et al. 2014), isolating various microbial control agents (Larkin and Tavantzis 2013), and potential heat recovery from the composting process (Al-Widyan et al. 2008).
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The commercial bumblebee pollinator, Bombus impatiens (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), was used to vector the microbial control agent to the crop.
Accurate monitoring of an introduced, mass-released microbial control agent is essential in evaluating its persistence and in designing application strategies for insect pest control.
Beauveria bassiana ([Balsamo] Vuillemin [Ascomycota: Hypocreales] Botanigard 22WP® formulation]) shows potential as a bee-vectored microbial control agent for control of insect pests on greenhouse tomato and sweet pepper.
Bacillus thuringiensis is the most effective microbial control agent for controlling numerous species from different insect orders.
All this information has been instrumental to formally propose its use as a microbial control agent with great potential.
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