Abstract
The entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium (= Nomurea) rileyi causes highmortalities in populations of leaf feeding caterpillars and has potential to be used asmycoinseticida. The production of this fungus is limited when solid fermentation is usedin rice grains, so the development of a new production method is necessary to increasethe yield of infective propagules. In this sense, the submer…