EBS VERTICILLIUM LECANII BIO PESTICIDE

• Verticillium lecanii is a naturally occurring fungus that is used as a biological insecticide to control insect pests.

Technical Content

• CFU: 2 X 10^8 per ml

Features & Benefits

Usage

CROPS

• Papaya, Grape, Guava, Custard apple, Sapota (Chikoo), Chilies, Cotton, Sorghum, Cereals, Millets, Pulses, Oilseeds, Fiber Crops, Sugar Crops, Forage Crops, Plantation crops, Vegetables, Fruits, Spices, Flowers, Medicinal crops, Aromatic Crops, Orchards and Ornamentals

INSECTS/ DISEASE

• Target Insect: Aphids, Jassids, white flies, Thrips, Aphids, Mites, leafhoppers, and mealybugs for various crops.

MODE OF ACTION

• Verticillium lecanii is a biological insecticide based on a selective strain of naturally occurring entomopathogenic fungus Verticillium lecanii. It contains spare and mycelia fragments of Verticillium lecanii, the spores of the fungus when it comes in contact with the cuticle of the target pest insect it germinates and grows directly through the spiracle in the cuticle into the inner body of the host, by taking nutrients from the insect proliferates and colonizes the entire insect and thus drains the insect of nutrients and the infected insects die. Verticillium infects the insect on contact and does not need to be consumed by the host to cause infection.

DOSAGE

• Dose: 2 to 3 ml per liter of water/ drip irrigation / FYM. Individual Plants 2 ml / 2 grams/liter of water & apply directly into the soil. 1 -2 LITER / ACRE