Can insects develop resistance to insect pathogenic fungi?

Can insects develop resistance to insect pathogenic fungi?

Microevolutionary adaptations and mechanisms of fungal pathogen resistance were explored in a melanic population of the Greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella. Under constant selective pressure from the insect pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana, 25(th) generation larvae exhibited significantly enha...

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Main Authors: Ivan M Dubovskiy, Miranda M A Whitten, Olga N Yaroslavtseva, Carolyn Greig, Vadim Y Kryukov, Ekaterina V Grizanova, Krishnendu Mukherjee, Andreas Vilcinskas, Viktor V Glupov, Tariq M Butt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23560083/pdf/?tool=EBI

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23560083/pdf/?tool=EBI

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