FUNGI

Pathogen: Beauveria bassiana
Trade name: AGO BIOCONTROL BASSIANA 50
Target host: Coleoptera, Homoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera
Crop/habitat: Coffee, flowers, vegetables and other crops
Company: Ago Biocontrol
Contact: John Jairo Villar
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: Colombia
Availability: Yes

Pathogen: Beauveria bassiana (all aspects of R&D for commercialization)
Trade name: Mycotrol WP and ES; BotaniGard ES; CornGard ES and G
Target host: Homoptera/Heteroptera, thrips, certain Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Orthoptera
Crop/habitat: Mycotrol for field and vegetable crops; BotaniGard for indoor/outdoor nursery, greenhouse and landscape ornamentals and vegetables; CornGard for corn (maize)
Company: Mycotech Corporation
Contact: Dr. Clifford Bradley, Dr. Stefan T. Jaronski; mycotech@in-tch.com or mycotech@montana.com
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: Currently USA, Mexico and several others from 1998
Availability: Yes

Pathogen: Beauveria bassiana
Formulations: Clay granules
Trade name: Ostrinil
Target host: Corn earworm, Ostinia nubilalis
Crop/habitat: Corn
Company: Natural Plant Protection (NPP)
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: France
Availability: Yes

Pathogen: Beauveria brongniartii
Trade name: AGO BIOCONTROL BEAUVERIA 50
Target host: Coleoptera, Homoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera
Crop/habitat: Flowers, vegetables, potatoes, oil palms and other crops
Company: Ago Biocontrol
Contact: John Jairo Villar
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: Colombia
Availability: Yes

Pathogen: Beauveria brongniartii
Trade name: Engerlingspilz
Target host: Melolontha melolontha
Crop/habitat: Pastures, grassland
Company: Andermatt Biocontrol AG
Contact: Dr. Martin Andermatt
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: Switzerland
Availability: Yes

Pathogen: Beauveria and Metarhizium spp.
Trade name: Beauveria Schweizer^®, Metarhizium Schweizer^®
Target host: Insects
Crop/habitat: Turf/grassland, fruit growing, viticulture and horticulture
Company: Eric Schweizer Seeds Ltd.
Contact: Dr. Horst Matzke
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: Switzerland
Availability: Yes

Pathogen: Chondrostereum purpureum
Trade name: BIOCHON
Target host: Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Crop/habitat: Forestry
Company: Koppert Biological Systems B.V.
Contact: Drs. W.J. Ravensberg; W.Ravensberg@Koppert.nl
Registration status: No registration required
Which countries: Worldwide
Availability: Yes

Pathogen: Gliocladium virens strain GL-21
Trade name: SoilGard™ biological fungicide
Target host: Root-rot and damping-off pathogens (Pythium, Rhizoctonia, Sclerotinia, Sclerotium, and Fusarium spp.)
Crop/habitat: Ornamentals, vegetables, turf, and other crops
Company: Thermo Trilogy Corporation
Contact: Dr. Jacob Eyal; jeyal@thermotrilogy.com
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: USA - 1996 for greenhouse use, 1997 for outdoor use.
Availability: Experimental formulations available only by special arrangement.

Pathogen: Lagenidium giganteum
Trade name: LAGINEX™
Target host: All mosquito larvae
Crop/habitat: Rice, wetlands, ponds, lakes, vernal pools
Company: AgraQuest, Inc.
Contact: Dr. Pamela G. Marrone; AgraQuest@aol.com
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: USA
Availability: Some formulations available for testing

Pathogen: Metarhizium anisopliae
Trade name: AGO BIOCONTROL METARHIZIUM 50
Target host: Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Homoptera, Orthoptera
Crop/habitat: Flowers, vegetables, potatoes, grassland and other crops
Company: Ago Biocontrol
Contact: John Jairo Villar
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: Colombia
Availability: Yes

Pathogen: Metarhizium anisopliae isolate F-001
Formulations: Granules
Trade name: BioGreen^TM Granules
Target host: Adoryphouse couloni (red-headed cockchafer)
Crop/habitat: Pasture and turf
Company: Bio-Care Technology Pty. Limited
Contact: Mr. Gray K. Bullard; biocare@ozemail.com.au
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: Australia (specifically Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia only)
Availability: Yes (and other isolates of M. anisopiae)

Pathogen: Metarhizium anisopliae
Trade name: BIO 1020
Target host: Vine weevil
Company: Bayer AG
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: Germany
Availability: Not at present

Pathogen: Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum isolate IMI 330189
Formulation: OF, SU
Trade name: Green Muscle
Target host: Locustana pardalina and other locusts and grasshoppers
Crop/habitat: Conservation areas, rangeland
Company: Biological Control Products SA PTY
Contact: Di Neethling; bcp-dn@dbnpop01.iafrica.com
Registration status: Nov. 98
Which countries: South Africa
Availability: Yes (samples may also be obtained from Lubilosa-IITA, 08 bp 0932, Cotonou, Benin; j.langewald@cgiar.org)

Pathogen: Myrothecium verrucaria
Formulations: Emulsifiable suspension, granule
Trade name: DiTera^® ES, WDG, G
Target host: Various plant parasitic nematodes
Crop/habitat: Annual and perennial crops (e.g. ornamentals, cabbage, citrus, turf)
Company: Abbott Laboratories
Contact: Jim Haeger
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: Worldwide
Availability: Yes

Pathogen: Nomuraea rileyi
Trade name: AGO BIOCONTROL NOMURAEA 50
Target host: Lepidoptera
Crop/habitat: Flowers, vegetables, potatoes, oil palms and other crops
Company: Ago Biocontrol
Contact: John Jairo Villar
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: Colombia
Availability: Yes

Pathogen: Paecilomyces fumosoroseus
Trade name: AGO BIOCONTROL PAECILOMYCES 50
Target host: Coleoptera, nematodes
Crop/habitat: Flowers, vegetables, fruits and other crops
Company: Ago Biocontrol
Contact: John Jairo Villar
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: Colombia
Availability: Yes

Pathogen: Paecilomyces fumosoroseus strain Apopka 97
Trade name: PFR-97™ biological insecticide
Target host: Greenhouse whitefly (Trialeuroides vaporariorum), sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci), aphids, thrips, spidermites
Crop/habitat: Ornamentals, vegetables
Company: Thermo Trilogy Corporation
Contact: Dr. Jacob Eyal; jeyal@thermotrilogy.com
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: Registered in the European Union 1997 (first microbial pesticide to pass new unified registration requirements). USA
Availability: Experimental formulations available only by special arrangement.

Pathogen: Trichoderma harzianum
Trade name: AGO BIOCONTROL TRICHODERMA 50
Target host: Fusarium, Rhizoctonia, Alternaria, Rosellinia, Botrytis, Sclerotium and Phytophthora spp.
Crop/habitat: Flowers, vegetables, fruits and other crops
Company: Ago Biocontrol
Contact: John Jairo Villar
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: Colombia
Availability: Yes

Pathogen: Verticillium lecanii
Trade name: AGO BIOCONTROL VERTICILLIUM 50
Target host: Homoptera, Diptera
Crop/habitat: Flowers, vegetables and other crops
Company: Ago Biocontrol
Contact: John Jairo Villar
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: Colombia
Availability: Yes

Pathogen: Verticillium lecanii
Trade name: MYCOTAL
Target host: Whiteflies, some activity against thrips
Crop/habitat: Protected crops (cucumber, tomato, sweet pepper, eggplant, lettuce, beans, ornamentals), hardy nursery stock
Company: Koppert Biological Systems B.V.
Contact: Drs. W.J. Ravensberg; W.Ravensberg@Koppert.nl
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: Netherlands, U.K., Switzerland, Finland, Norway and pending in Denmark.
Availability: Yes

Pathogen: Verticillium lecanii
Trade name: VERTALEC
Target host: Aphids
Crop/habitat: Protected crops (cucumber, tomato, sweet pepper, eggplant, lettuce, beans, ornamentals)
Company: Koppert Biological Systems B.V.
Contact: Drs. W.J. Ravensberg; W.Ravensberg@Koppert.nl
Registration status: Yes
Which countries: U.K., Switzerland, Norway and pending in Denmark and Finland
Availability: Yes