The microbial pesticide Beauveria bassiana is effective against.....
A
caterpillar
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B
White flies
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C
Black flies
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D
Gypsy moth
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Solution
The correct option is B White flies
Beauveria bassiana is a fungus that grows naturally in soils throughout the world and acts as a parasite on various arthropod species, causing white muscardine disease; it thus belongs to the entomopathogenic fungi.
It is being used as a biological insecticide to control a number of pests such as termites, thrips, whiteflies, aphids and different beetles.