VERTICEL is a biological insecticide manufactured from Verticillium lecanii, naturally occurring entomopathogenic fungus.

VERTICEL  is a effective against all soft bodied sucking insect pests like aphids, thrips, mealy, bugs, whitefly, scale insects and all types of mites.


Method of Action

The spores of Verticillium lecanii gets attached to the cuticle of the insects on contact. The fungus gains entry through the cuticle by enzymes. It infects insects by producing hyphae from germinating spores that penetrate the insect integument.

The fungus then destroys the internal body contents resulting in the mortality of insects. The fungus eventually grows

through the insect cuticle and sporulates on the body of the insects to produce cyclosipeptide toxin called Bassianolide, which kills the insect in 4-6 days.

Larve and pupae die before the fungus is visible. Dead larvae and pupae are light to dark yellow, wrinkled and no longer shiny.

Under favorable conditions white fungal fluffy mycelium appears on the infected insects. The organisms grow best at 20-30oC and at a relative humidity above 65%.