phototoxic-suicide-switch

Hangzhou-SDG

October 21, 2023
enhanced-biopesticide, metarhizium-anisopliae, phototoxic-suicide-switch
high-school

Hangzhou-SDG # Enhanced Biopesticide Based on Metarhizium anisopliae # Chemical pesticides are known to destroy biodiversity and harm human beings. Biopesticides are safer for people and the environment, but lack of efficiency. We improved the efficiency of a fungal biopesticide, Metarhizium anisopliae, by introducing an insect-specific neurotoxin LqhIT2. To improve safety and reduce the risk of gene leakage in the real world, we also introduced a phototoxic suicide switch Pmcl1(short)-SuperNova. ...