A natural pesticide combats locust plague...

摘要

Richard Milner,a Honary Fellow at CSIRO Entomology(Canberra,Australia;edlinks.che.com/6517-541),has developed a rare native fungus,Metarhizium,into an environmentally friendly control for grasshopper-type(including locust)agricultural pests.Metarhizium is a naturally occurring soil fungus that is genetically diverse;each isolate has a distinct host range.Milner and his coworkers were able to find an isolate that is highly pathogenic against Australian plague locusts.