White Muscardine Disease
(Beauveria bassiana)
White Muscardine Disease is caused by Beauveria bassiana, a deadly fungi to certian insects.
Basic Info of Beauveria bassiana
Beauveria bassiana is commonly used to control biopesticides such as termites, whiteflies, grass hoppers and other insects
Although it helps with the controling of pests, it also causes harm to some endangered species like the silkwom and causes harm to their cocoon production because the fungi can attack larve and adult organisms.
Beauveria bassiana is a fungi that develops White Muscardine Disease. The fungi attacks different pests, such as silkworms, and begins attacking the nutrients in their system. The fungi begins to calcify the silkworms body when it gets attacked leaving the pest unable to produce their own nutrients, move, and protect itself. White Muscardine Disease is a very harmful disease to a lot of pests and environments because in some places they are helpful to crop production and other insects and animals.
Characteristics, Habitat and Food
Beauveria bassiana is found primarly in the Southern US, but had been confirmed to be all over the world in places like Italy, Asia, and so on
Primarly found in rainy winter seasons because most insects that are attacked by the fungi either like the rain or have accessable cocoons
Beauveria bassiana obtains its nutrients from attacking and basically taking the prays nutrients
Taxonomy of Beauveria bassiana
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomyota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Beauveria
Species: B. bassiana
The purpose of this experiment was to test different variants of spp. to determine what would be best to combat against Beauveria bassiana and protect the crop lands in various areas.
In this study, researchers removed the Beauveria bassiana fungus from silkworms that were already infected with White Muscardine Disease. By doing this, they were able to seperate the fungi from its prey and contain it in a petri dish when it was full on nutrients and ready to attack more prey. This overall helped with the experient because it gave the scientists to observe and begin their experiment when the fungi was at its peak.
The experiment
Because the deadly fungi can be so harmful to some environments and insects, scientists began trying to find a way that would control the spread of White Muscardine Disease by using Trichoderma spp.
Authors: Banerjee, S., Pal, S., Mukherjee, S., Podder, D., Mukherjee, A., Nandi, A., Debnath, P., Sur, P. K. and Gosh, S.K.
Background of Trichoderma Spp.
Can be used and be helpful in preventing the spread and fungal diseases, like White Muscardine Disease, in various crop plants. Although it doesnt directly stop the fungi from attacking the pests, it allows the pest to have a form of protection from getting the disease becuase it will allow them to have Trichoderma spp in their systems from eating the plants that Beauveria bassiana consums.
The entire experiment took around 10 days to complete. Scientists put Trichoderma spp. in the petri dish that contained Beauveria bassiana and recorded how long it would take for the fungi to die off.
Results
In the results of this experiment, it showed that although Trichoderma spp. isnt the strongest thing to fight against the fungi, it took a total of 5 days to overgrow and fully attack the fungi. This is very helpful research becauseit allows for crops and insects to be protected and safe against the deadly fungi.
Experiment Conclusion
In conculsion, scientists determined that Trichoderma app. is a safe and protective agent against Beauveria bassiana. In the long term of the future, this is extermly useful information because it can protect the insect population and allow them to thrive. The findings from this experiment also allows for environmental protection because it will add protection to crop plants and the animals that consume them and thrive in those environments.