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Mass Production of Entomopathogenic Fungi, Metarhizium robertsii and Metarhizium pinghaense, for Commercial Application Against Insect Pests
Letodi Luki Mathulwe 1, Antoinette Paula Malan 1, Nomakholwa Faith Stokwe 1
1Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Private Bag X1

Entomopathogenic fungi have gained importance as the biological control agents of agricultural insect pests. In this study, the mass production of a sufficient number of resilient infective propagules of South African isolates of both Metarhizium robertsii and M. pinghaense for commercial application against insect pests was successfully conducted using agricultural grain products.

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