Beauveria bassiana(BEAUBA)
Overview Code created in: 2002-02-28
- EPPO Code: BEAUBA
- Preferred name: Beauveria bassiana
- Authority: (Balsamo) Vuillemin
An entomopathogenic fungus, living in the soil, which parasitizes many different kinds of insects. First found in the 19th century by Bassi to cause the muscardine disease of silkworm. Since used as a biological control agent for many insect pests.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Beauveria tenella | Siemaszko |
| Cordyceps bassiana | Li, Li, Huang & Fan |
Kingdom
Fungi (
1FUNGK )
Phylum
Ascomycota (
1ASCOP )
Subphylum
Pezizomycotina (
1PEZIQ )
Subclass
Hypocreomycetidae (
1HYPRL )
Order
Hypocreales (
1HYPRO )
Family
Cordycipitaceae (
1CODYF )
Genus
Beauveria (
1BEAUG )
Species
Beauveria bassiana (
BEAUBA )