Entomopathogenic fungi can be used as biopesticides, as they actively kill insects. Examples that have been used as biological insecticides are Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium spp, Hirsutella spp, Paecilomyces (Isaria) spp, and Lecanicillium lecanii.
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| Beauveria bassiana |
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| Metarhizium spp |
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| Hirsutella spp devours insect |
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| Paecilomyces (Isaria) spp |
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| Lecanicillium lecanii. |
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| Beauveria bassiana digesting carterpillars |
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| Beauveria bassiana digesting insect |
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| Metarhizium spp digests bug |
Endophytic fungi of grasses of the genus Neotyphodium, such as N. coenophialum, produce alkaloids that are toxic to a range of invertebrate and vertebrate herbivores.
These alkaloids protect grass plants from herbivory, but several endophyte alkaloids can poison grazing animals, such as cattle and sheep.Infecting cultivars of pasture or forage grasses with Neotyphodium endophytes is one approach being used in grass breeding programs; the fungal strains are selected for producing only alkaloids that increase resistance to herbivores such as insects, while being nontoxic to cattle
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