Which scenario describes how fungi are used in agriculture? fungus used to make antibiotics fungus used for pest control bacteria growing inside a fungus fungus growing on the fur of an animal?
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Answer is ' Fungus is used for pest control'.
Pests and insects are harmful to the cultivation of crops and hence impacting Agriculture. Few species of fungi cause diseases those those insects and pests and hence kill them. These fungi help the farmers in agriculture by killing the pests.
Fungus 'Metarhizium anisopliae' is used in preparation of pesticides.
Few fungi are called as biological control fungi. Eg. 'Phlebiopsis gigantea' is used to prevent the rotting of the roots of the trees and protecting it from damage.
Fungi is actually used by humans in many aspects.
For example if you like pizza you probably love eating fungi because the dough is made out of yeast which is basically fungi.
Humans have actually collected grown mushrooms that people tend to eat.
Yeasts is used both in the brewing of alcohol and during the making of bread.