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Directed evolution of Metarhizium fungus improves its biocontrol efficacy against Varroa mites in honey bee colonies

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Entomopathogenic fungi show great promise as pesticides in terms of their relatively high target specificity, low non-target toxicity, and low residual effects in agricultural fields and the environment. However, they also frequently have characteristics
Jennifer O. Han   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrated Management of European Cherry Fruit Fly Rhagoletis cerasi (L.): Situation in Switzerland and Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
: The European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi (L.) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a highly destructive pest. The low tolerance for damaged fruit requires preventive insecticide treatments for a marketable crop.
Agee   +145 more
core   +2 more sources

Impact of tillage and no-tillage cultivation on the occurrence of entomopathogenic fungi in soil with integrated plant protection [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Plant Protection Research
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of tillage and no-tillage cultivation on entomopathogenic fungi in the soil. The research was carried out in 2021‒2022 on plots at the Field Experimental Station of the Institute of Plant Protection – National ...
Roman Kierzek   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lipidomic response of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana to pyrethroids

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Pyrethroids are chemical insecticides that are widely used to control pests. Entomopathogenic fungi are considered environmentally safe alternatives to these compounds.
Anna Litwin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Entomopathogenic Fungi on Hemiberlesia pitysophila

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2011
Hemiberlesia pitysophila Takagi is an extremely harmful exotic insect in forest to Pinus species, including Pinus massoniana. Using both morphological taxonomy and molecular phylogenetics, we identified 15 strains of entomogenous fungi, which belong to 9 genera with high diversities.
Chengqun Lv   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Fungal entomopathogens: new insights on their ecology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
An important mechanism for insect pest control should be the use of fungal entomopathogens. Even though these organisms have been studied for more than 100 y, their effective use in the field remains elusive.
Andrews   +104 more
core   +1 more source

Simultaneous Parasitism of Field-Collected Green Cloverworm, \u3ci\u3eHypena Scabra\u3c/i\u3e (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larvae by Endoparasitioids and an Entomopathogenic Fungus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The impacts of entomopathogens (e.g., fungi, bacteria, protists and viruses) on larval Lepidoptera and their associated insect parasitoids have been examined in laboratory studies but field studies of interaction between these two mortality factors are ...
Pavuk, Daniel M, Williams, Charles E
core   +2 more sources

The isolation and identification of pathogenic fungi from Tessaratoma papillosa Drury (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae) [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2017
Background Litchi stink-bug, Tessaratoma papillosa Drury (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae), is one of the most widespread and destructive pest species on Litchi chinensis Sonn and Dimocarpus longan Lour in Southern China.
Xiang Meng, Junjie Hu, Gecheng Ouyang
doaj   +2 more sources

Biological Control of the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans with the Entomopathogenic Fungus Beauveria bassiana Combined with an Aggregation Cue: Field, Laboratory and Mathematical Modeling Assessment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Current Chagas disease vector control strategies, based on chemical insecticide spraying, are growingly threatened by the emergence of pyrethroid-resistant Triatoma infestans populations in the Gran Chaco region of South America. Methodology
Cardozo, Rubén Marino   +8 more
core   +4 more sources

Pesticides and Chemical Fertilizer are not Negatively Impact the Diversity of Entomopathogenic Fungi on Rice Plant in Malang Indonesia

open access: yesJurnal Pembangunan dan Alam Lestari, 2022
The conventional system of rice plantation has been applied in Malang, Indonesia. Standard chemical fertilizer and pesticide application were used in this field.
Rose Novita Sari Handoko   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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