Affiliations 

  • 1 Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, Universiti Putra Malaysia
  • 2 Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6 Persiaran Institusi
J Pestic Sci, 2023 May 20;48(2):54-60.
PMID: 37361486 DOI: 10.1584/jpestics.D22-072

Abstract

Development of mycoinsecticides with Cordyceps fumosorosea as an active ingredient is established as an alternate way to control the Metisa plana population while reducing chemical insecticide dependence. Three mycoinsecticide formulations (SS6, SS7, and SS8) with dispersing and wetting agents were developed as wettable powder formulations in this trial. SS8 demonstrated the best wettability, suspensibility, and dispersibility with viability at 107 (CFU)/mL even after three months of storage. However, SS7 developed with C. fumosorosea as an active ingredient was found to effectively reduce the bagworm population by more than 95%. The application of all mycoinsecticide formulations in the infested oil palm area was able to reduce the M. plana population by more than 95%, 30 DAT. The formulations also show no significant increase in mortality of the oil palm pollinator, Elaeidobius kamerunicus. This finding indicates that the C. fumosorosea tested has potential for managing bagworms without harming pollinators on oil palm plantations.

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