Beauveria bassiana is a cosmopolitan, haploid, soil-borne entomopathogenic fungus used for the biological control of agricultural insect pests. Biological control of insect pests is a considered alternative to chemical use in modern agriculture systems. Beauveria bassiana is one the entomopathogenic fungi which has great potential of biocontrol agent with larger host range. Fernando et al., 2009 stated that the fungus is pathogenic to many insects worldwide, including the CBB and it has been reported to be the most common fungus isolated from dead and moribund insects in nature (Macleod, 1954). The fungus is also considered as harmless to humans although some cases of fungal keratitis have been reported (kisla et al., 2000).
