TT No. 210: Trap for auto-dissemination of Metarhizium for the control of Orcytes Rhinocerous
The entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae is one of the pathogens of the rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros (Latch, 1976). Effective control of the beetle is achieved by drenching the spore solution or broadcasting the growing substrates of the pathogen onto the breeding sites of the beetle (Ramle et al., 1999). The fungus infects all stages of the … Read more