New NIOO publication: Effects of tomato inoculation with the #entomopathogenic fungus #Metarhizium brunneum on #spidermite resistance and the #rhizosphere microbial community. #metabolites
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1197770

Life and death on the underside of a nettle leaf: foreground left an #aphid gives birth to a live nymph. Behind her is a #fly recently killed by an #entomopathogenic #fungus, probably #Entomophthora muscae. The posture of the fly is typical for one killed by this fungus: on the underside of the leaf, abdomen stuck out, wings forwards. This is all #BehaviouralModification by the fungus to enhance the spread of the sticky infectious spores that are being released from the abdomen.