South Korea: Expanding the supply of microorganisms to Gangwon Agricultural Institute, expected to reduce the use of pesticides

Due to the repeated use of pesticides on crops grown in facility houses, resistant pests and pesticides have increased. As farmers are having difficulties in controlling pests and purchasing agricultural materials, on the 6th, Gangwon-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services announced that they would supply 'insect pathogenic microorganisms' with pest control effects to farms in the province. The entomopathogenic microorganism was developed by the Rural Development Administration using the strain Isaria fumosoroesus FG340, a native fungus that inhabits domestic soil. This year, we are supplying microbial agents by selecting facility-cultivating farms (47 farms, 22ha) such as paprika and cucumber in 3 cities and counties (Taebaek, Hwacheon, Yanggu) in the province. The developed microbiological agent was found to have an actual control effect. As a result of one time treatment with an entomopathogenic microorganism in a bell pepper farm, 67.7% of green moths and 68.8% of ...