Development of Metarhizium Insecticide

Metarhizium is a broad-spectrum entomopathogenic bacterium that parasitizes Lepidoptera pest larvae and other insects and induces diseases that can cause repeated infestations within populations. At present, Metarhizium has been effectively utilized in pest control. In addition, Metarhizium is harmless to human and animal, safe to natural enemy insects, and not polluting the environment in pest control. Therefore, Metarhizium insecticide has good application prospects.

Lifeasible is an industry-leading biological company dedicated to developing and applying insecticides. We have developed Metarhizium insecticides that have achieved good application performance in agriculture and forestry pest control and have strong insecticidal action and environmentally friendly action characteristics.

Characteristics of Metarhizium insecticide action

Compared to chemical pesticides, Metarhizium has the following advantages against pests.

• Metarhizium is less likely to induce resistance in insect populations than synthetic chemical insecticides.
• Metarhizium is generally harmless to vertebrates, targeting specific insect pests while having minimal impact on non-target organisms.
• Metarhizium is persistent and can persist in the environment for long periods, allowing for long-term insect population control. In addition, the pathogen can spread by dispersal through diseased insects or insect carcasses and can eventually produce large numbers of infective propagules, spreading more rapidly, especially at high population densities. Infected insects can help to reduce the population density by infecting other healthy insects and affect the population of target insects. In addition, after applying Metarhizium insecticide, it can kill pests in the short term but ensure a healthy harvest. It can also control large pest outbreaks over a period.
• Environmental safety. Metarhizium exhibits safe action characteristics for the environment in insecticidal applications, as it is a naturally occurring fungus that does not leave harmful residues in the environment.

What do we offer for Metarhizium insecticide development?

• Genetic engineering. Metarhizium was genetically altered to allow the introduction of genes expressing insecticidal poisons. These genes were employed to increase the virulence and insecticidal activities of Metarhizium.
• Sequencing. By macro genome sequencing, we found and extracted new insecticidal genes in ambient materials to service the research foundation of Metarhizium pesticides.
• Gene editing. By deleting or modifying Metarhizium genes, we offer gene editing tools like CRISPR-Cas9 to create more precise and powerful pesticides.
• Fermentation optimization. We may apply our fermentation optimization to improve Metarhizium culture conditions and yield of insecticidal toxin.

Advantages of our services

Lifeasible is committed to green pesticide development and aims to provide comprehensive solutions for agricultural and forestry pest control research. If you are interested in us, please feel free to contact us.