Enhanced Biopesticide Based on Metarhizium anisopliae

Save our earth: No more silent spring

Chemical pesticides are known to destroy biodiversity and harm human beings. Biopesticides are safer for people and the environment, but lack of efficiency. We improved the efficiency of a fungal biopesticide, Metarhizium anisopliae, by introducing

Chemical pesticides are known to destroy biodiversity and harm human beings. Biopesticides are safer for people and the environment, but lack of efficiency. We improved the efficiency of a fungal biopesticide, Metarhizium anisopliae, by introducing an insect-specific neurotoxin LqhIT2. To improve safety and reduce the risk of gene leakage in the real world, we also introduced a phototoxic suicide switch Pmcl1(short)-SuperNova. We hope to save our earth and make the spring no more silent.