Biology:Batkoa major
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| Batkoa major (Thaxt.) Humber, 1989
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Batkoa major is a naturally occurring fungus.[1][2][3]
Little is known about the pathogen. Found in the soil and belonging to the entomopathogenic fungi, the fungus spores attaches to the insects' bodies upon contact. The fungus then enters the insect's body through weak spots in the outer cuticle or skin.[4] The fungus then forms rhizoids to anchor its dying host to a tree, as spores start to develop on the insect's outer body and short-lived infective spores are ejected. The host insect dies between 4 – 7 days after being infected.[5] Traces of the infective spores are hard to find in the environment.[6][7]
The fungus has been studied as an environmentally-friendly insecticide to control pests such as the invasive spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) in north-eastern North America.[5] Other known targets include the pine beauty moth[8][9] and the potato leafhopper.[2][10]
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References
- ↑ "Batkoa major". https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/423462.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Batkoa major (Thaxt.) Humber 1989 - Encyclopedia of Life". https://eol.org/pages/988405.
- ↑ taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Batkoa major)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=423462.
- ↑ Ramanujan, Krishna (29 April 2019). "Destructive plant pest thwarted by two native fungi" (in en). https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/04/destructive-plant-pest-thwarted-two-native-fungi.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hajek, Ann E.; Clifton, Eric H.; Stefanik, Sarah E.; Harris, David C. (October 2022). "Batkoa major infecting the invasive planthopper Lycorma delicatula". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 194: 107821. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2022.107821. PMID 36030881.
- ↑ Clifton, Eric H.; Castrillo, Louela A.; Gryganskyi, Andrii; Hajek, Ann E. (2019-05-07). "A pair of native fungal pathogens drives decline of a new invasive herbivore" (in en). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (19): 9178–9180. doi:10.1073/pnas.1903579116. ISSN 0027-8424. PMID 31010927.
- ↑ "Destructive plant pest thwarted by two native fungi" (in en). https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/04/destructive-plant-pest-thwarted-two-native-fungi.
- ↑ (Barry), Hicks, B. J. (2001). The history and control of the pine beauty moth, Panolis flammea (D. & S.), (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Scotland from 1976 to 2000.. OCLC 704106173. http://worldcat.org/oclc/704106173.
- ↑ "Batkoa major". https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/120516#totaxonomicTree.
- ↑ W., Onstad, D.. Ecological Database of the World's Insect Pathogens (EDWIP). OCLC 1012509549. http://worldcat.org/oclc/1012509549.
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