ABSTRACT

The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana is used to protect crops from pests. Beauveria bassiana is a globally distributed hyphomycete strain that causes white muscadine disease in a variety of insects. Pests damage the crops and decrease the yield of agriculture product. Beauveria bassiana is used as a biocontrol agent and infect the insects and control the damage of crops and decrease the effect of pests and increase the agrological product yield. In this review, the effect of various parameters such as pH, temperature, C/N sources on the growth of the Beauveria bassiana is revealed. The C/N sources are used as a nutrient source and play important role in increasing the spore production of Beauveria bassiana so the C/N sources are also helpful to increase the yield during solid-state fermentation. In solid state fermentation, microorganisms are grown in a solid substrate with moist in the absence of free water. Solid state fermentation (SSF) has emerged as the ideal technology for controlling the remnants of agricultural industries and their extensions, Agricultural byproducts has a potentiality for mass production of Beauveria bassiana, agricultural byproducts are rise husk, wheat bran, bagasse, tea leaf waste, coffee waste etc. are used as a substrate. Carbon and nitrogen sources are added in substrate as an additional nutrient source and they help to increase the spore production. Keywords: Beauveria bassiana, pH, temperature, carbon nitrogen source, solid state fermentation
Publication date: 01/04/21

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.4.1032