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Which of the following is not used as a biopesticide ?

A

Trichoderma harzianum

B

Nucleopolyhedrovirus

C

Xanthomonas campestris

D

Bacillus thuringiensis

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Xanthomonas campestris is not used as a biopesticide. Bacillus thuringiensis is used as a microbial biocontrol agent. Trichoderma harzianum is a free-living fungi, common in soil and root ecosystems. It is an effective biocontrol agent of several plant pathogens. viruses of the family Baculoviruses are pathogens that attack insecs and other arthropods. The majority of baculoviruses used as biological control agents belong to genus Nucleopolyhedrovirus.
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