Which of the following microbes can be used as insecticide?
All the microbes mentioned can be used as pesticides. Single cell organisms, such as bacteria, fungi and protozoa, and viruses, have been mass produced and formulated for use in a manner similar to insecticides. Eg - Bacillus Thuringiensis.
Several fungi have been studied as potential microbial insecticides. Beauveria bassiana can affect a wide variety of arthropods. Virus can also be used as insecticide. Baculoviruses are a family of naturally-occurring viruses known to infect only insects and some related arthropods. Most are so specific in their action that they infect and kill only one or a few species of Lepidoptera larvae (caterpillars), making them good candidates for management of crop pests with minimal off-target effects.
Who among the following is the first player in the history of Test Cricket to take 200 wickets against left-handed batsmen?
Which one of the following diagrams is most appropriate to the statement, "Tea-producing places are either in Assam or in Bengal"?
Which individuals have received the "Order of White Eagle" from Poland in April 2023?
Which of the following is used in CT-Scan?
Which of the following Strait is between Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman?
Which of the following errors would not be detected by a trial balance?
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Which of the following institutions launched India's first mutual fund focussed on the defence sector?
Which player received a four-year ban from the Anti-Doping Agency NADA in April 2023?
What is the time limit for filing a claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act 1923?
