The expressions of CAT, DUOX1, GRX, GST, PRXS, PRXSL, PRXS1L, Cu/Zn-SOD1, Fe-SOD, Cu/Zn-SOD2, TXN1, TXN2, TXNL1, TXNL2, TXNL4A, TPx and TRx-like-Fd determined in winged imagoes, nymphs, soldiers and workers upon infection with two isolates of B. bassiana and two isolates of M. anisopliae showed caste- and causal agent-specific expression patterns (Table 3). The gene discussed is TXN2; the disease is infection.