Selection of Beauveria bassiana (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) strains to control Xyleborus affinis (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) females.
Jesús E Castrejón-AntonioPatricia Tamez-GuerraRoberto Montesinos-MatíasMaria Julissa Ek-RamosPaul Misael Garza-LópezHugo C Arredondo-BernalPublished in: PeerJ (2020)
Since all selected strains showed virulence against X. affinis females, results indicated the possibility of selecting B. bassiana strains based on multiple metabolic attributes, as a preliminary test to perform bioassays against order-related target insects.