Date:1/24/2013

and "microsclerotia." The latter are clumps of pigmented fibers from which conidia can form. In laboratory tests, for example, conidia resulting from soil treatments of microsclerotia from the fungus M. brunneum killed 100 percent of sugarbeet root maggots, versus 25 percent killed for conidia-only treatments.

The flexibility of liquid culture fermentation to produce different types of fungal cells opens all sorts of doors in terms of where and when the pest-fighting microbes can be applied, according to Jackson.

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Contact: Jan Suszkiw jan.suszkiw@ars.usda.gov 301-504-1630 United States Department of Agriculture - Research, Education and Economics Source:Eurekalert

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