Dr. Traci Birge · @TraciInFinland
539 followers · 59 posts · Server fediscience.org#Oilseed rape (#OSR, Canola oil) is an important oil crop, but cultivation is #pesticide
intensive.
We inoculated plants with beneficial fungus Beauveria bassiana to see if it can protect them from pests.
Short answer: We had c. 30% success with endophytic colonisation and the colonised plants showed interesting metabolite developments but they still got eaten by the pests.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ps.7672
#SustainableAgriculture #BiologicalPestControl #PestControl #IPM
#IPM #PestControl #BiologicalPestControl #sustainableagriculture #pesticide #osr #oilseed #newarticle #openaccess
Donnys2 · @Donnys2
17 followers · 75 posts · Server mastodon.world
Ripening field of #oilseed near #Ely in #Cambridgeshire oil #painting A3
#oilseed #Ely #cambridgeshire #painting