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SUBMITTER: Kim JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3633896 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Jae Su JS Choi Jae Young JY Lee Joo Hyun JH Park Jong Bin JB Fu Zhenli Z Liu Qin Q Tao Xueying X Jin Byung Rae BR Skinner Margaret M Parker Bruce L BL Je Yeon Ho YH
PloS one 20130423 4
Insect-killing (entomopathogenic) fungi have high potential for controlling agriculturally harmful pests. However, their pathogenicity is slow, and this is one reason for their poor acceptance as a fungal insecticide. The expression of bumblebee, Bombus ignitus, venom serine protease (VSP) by Beauveria bassiana (ERL1170) induced melanization of yellow spotted longicorn beetles (Psacothea hilaris) as an over-reactive immune response, and caused substantially earlier mortality in beet armyworm (Sp ...[more]