Mosquito Control

Fuatilia
Close-up photo of mosquitoes attracted to a floral-scented engineered fungus on a leaf, highlighting research on mosquito control.
Picha iliyoundwa na AI

Engineered floral-scented fungus lures and kills mosquitoes, study finds

Imeripotiwa na AI Picha iliyoundwa na AI Imethibitishwa ukweli

Researchers have engineered a mosquito-killing Metarhizium fungus that emits a flower-like scent, longifolene, to draw in the insects and infect them. The work, published October 24, 2025, in Nature Microbiology, could provide a safe, affordable complement to chemical pesticides amid rising mosquito-borne disease, the team says. ([doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-02155-9))

Tovuti hii inatumia vidakuzi

Tunatumia vidakuzi kwa uchambuzi ili kuboresha tovuti yetu. Soma sera ya faragha yetu kwa maelezo zaidi.
Kataa