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After laboratory isolation and cultivation, the pathogen was identified as Beauveria bassiana (designated as GC23620) based on morphological characteristics and ITS-rDNA sequence similarity analysis. The larvicidal efficacy of B. bassiana GC23620 against fourth-instar larvae of G. qinghaiensis were assessed using two inoculation methods in laboratory conditions. The infection process and pathogenicity were analyzed by simulation and parameter estimation using the Time\u2013Dose\u2013Mortality (TDM) model. The estimated parameters for the concentration effect of strain GC23620 (\u03b2) were 0.56 (leaf dipping method) and 0.30 (insect immersion method), respectively. After treatment with conidial suspensions (1.05 \u00d7 105 to 1.05 \u00d7 109 conidia\/mL), the cumulative corrected mortalities were 72.73\u2013100.00% (leaf dipping method) and 42.42\u201390.91% (insect immersion method) at 8 days after inoculation (DAI), and the median lethal doses (LD50) decreased to 1.74 \u00d7 103 conidia\/mL (leaf dipping method) and 1.85 \u00d7 104 conidia\/mL (insect immersion method), respectively, during the same post-inoculation period. After inoculation with conidial suspension under a concentration of 1.05 \u00d7 106 conidia\/mL, the median lethal times (LT50) were 2.40 (leaf dipping method) and 4.51 days (insect immersion method). A control efficacy of 84.27% was obtained for G. qinghaiensis larvae on grassland at 21 days post-treatment after spraying the fermentation solution with a low dose of 1.05 \u00d7 105 conidia\/mL. 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