Beauveria bassiana

Taxonomy

Domain	Eukarya
Kingdom	Fungi
Phylum	Ascomycota
Subphylum	Pezizomycotina
Class	Sordariomycetes
Subclass	Hypocreomycetidae
Order	Hypocreales
Family	Cordycipitaceae
Genus	Beauveria

Scientific Name

Beauveria bassiana

Common Name

white muscadine disease

Beauveria bassiana is a naturally occurring fungus disease that affects a very wide range of insects - including aphids, whiteflies, psyllids, billbugs and caterpillars. Environmental conditions, particularly humidity, seem critical for the applied spores to successfully germinate and infect insects. Newly infected insects often are somewhat light brown; when the fungus sporulates it covers the insect with white spores. Available formulations are sold as Mycotrol and Naturalis.

Commercial Suppliers

Company	State	Country
Great Lakes IPM, Inc.	MI	USA
Rincon-Vitova Insectaries, Inc.	CA	USA