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When Winters Fail: How Warming Winters Fuel Pest Resurgence and Threaten Food Security

Plant-Environment Interactions, Volume 7, Issue 5, October 2026.
ABSTRACT The Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata, Wiedemann; Diptera: Tephritidae), commonly known as the Medfly, re‐emerged in Mazandaran province, northern Iran—home to an estimated 25% of the nation's fruit crops and approximately 80% of its citrus production—following its apparent eradication in 1984, an outcome consistent with several ...
Mostafa Farajpour, Shahab Mirinejad, Mitra Moezipour, Mohammad Sadat‐Hosseini   +3 more
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The use of fungal entomopathogens as endophytes in biological control: a review

, 2018
Fungal entomopathogens have been proposed as environmentally friendly alternatives to chemical control. Unfortunately, their effectiveness continues to be limited by their susceptibility to ultraviolet (UV) light and low moisture.
Fernando E. Vega (205286)
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Virulence of Different Entomopathogenic Fungi Species and Strains against the Hazel Longhorn Beetle Oberea linearis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Applied Sciences
The aim of this study was to investigate alternative methods to control longhorn beetle (Oberea linearis) infestations in walnut orchards. Wild isolates of entomopathogenic fungi obtained from soil samples from Greece and Cyprus were tested for their ...
Spiridon Mantzoukas, Ioannis Lagogiannis, Foteini Kitsiou, Panagiotis A. Eliopoulos, Panagiotis Petrakis   +4 more
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Diversity of the Microbiomes in the Larval and Adult Stages of the European Cherry Fruit Fly (Rhagoletis cerasi) and Identification of Potential Biocontrol Candidate Taxa

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 174, Issue 9, Page 999-1010, September 2026.
First comprehensive characterization of the R. cerasi microbiome is reported. Stage‐specific variations in microbial composition are documented. Multiple bacterial entomopathogen taxa are identified as potential biocontrol candidates for R. cerasi.
Mahdi N. Al‐Shammaa, Saber Delpasand Khabbazi, Remziye Nalcacioglu, Ismail Demir, Durdane Yanar, Zihni Demirbag   +5 more
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Entomopathogens in control of urban pests

, 2014
Entomopathogens including viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, rickettsia and nematodes are non-infective to vertebrates. There are lots of researches on their efficacy on urban pests. Bacillus thuringiensis var.
KILIÇ, ENGİN, CANHİLAL, Ramazan, İNCİ, Abdullah   +2 more
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Effect of Endophytic Fungi on Thrips tabaci Development and Population Dynamics

Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 150, Issue 8, Page 1102-1114, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Endophytic fungi are promising biocontrol agents because they colonise healthy plant tissues asymptomatically while inducing systemic resistance that negatively affects herbivorous insects. We investigated whether treatments with the endophytes Trichoderma harzianum and Beauveria bassiana in two onion cultivars (Allium cepa L.; Sturon and Red ...
Ngoc Anh Vu, Sevgan Subramanian, Rainer Meyhöfer   +2 more
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Sanitation felling against the European spruce bark beetle: A matter of intensity and forest type Tagli fitosanitari contro il bostrico tipografo: una questione di intensità e tipologia forestale

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 382-397, August 2026.
We assess the effect of sanitation felling performed in 2022 in North‐Eastern Italy on bark beetle damage that occurred in 2023 across eight spruce forest types, as evaluated using multispectral satellite imagery. Bark beetle damage was reduced only at very high or very low sanitation felling rates.
Aurora Bozzini, Michele Missoni, Giacomo Santoiemma, Iris Bernardinelli, Rinaldo Comino, Massimo Faccoli   +5 more
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Semi‐Natural Habitats Buffer the Effects of Crop Diversification on Arthropod Pest Control Services in Agricultural Landscapes

Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 8, August 2026.
Crop diversification is often promoted to enhance biological pest control in agricultural landscapes, but its effects remain context‐dependent. Using data from 742 landscapes across 13 countries, we found that crop diversification did not increase overall natural enemy abundance or biological control potential, but mainly increased both specialist ...
Thomas Perrot, Léa Beaumelle, Eva Thomine, Yann Tricault, Nicolas Desneux, Matthias Albrecht, Péter Batáry, Felix Bianchi, Klaus Birkhofer, Aliette Bosem Baillod, Rebecca Chaplin‐Kramer, Anne‐Marie Cortesero, Alejandro C. Costamagna, Tim Diekötter, Johan Ekroos, Martin H. Entling, Vesna Gagic, Russell Groves, Anders Huseth, Coline Jaworski, Marina Kaiser, Daniel S. Karp, Jochen Krauss, Blas Lavandero, Anne Le Ralec, Yanhui Lu, Emily A. Martin, Matthew Mitchell, Gonzalo A. R. Molina, Erkki Palmu, David J. Perovic, David Ragsdale, Sarah Redlich, Ishan Samaranayake, Julia Saulais, Nancy A. Schellhorn, Ingolf Steffan‐Dewenter, Louis Sutter, Teja Tscharntke, Matthias Tschumi, Adrien Rusch   +40 more
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Interactions Among Bt Maize, Entomopathogens, and Rootworm Species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in the Field: Effects on Survival, Yield, and Root Injury [PDF]

, 2013
A 2 yr field study was conducted to determine how a blend of entomopathogens interacted with Bt maize to affect mortality of Diabrotica spp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), root injury to maize (Zea maize L.) and yield. The blend of entomopathogens included
Clifton, Eric, Dunbar, Michael, Gassmann, Aaron, Jackson, Mark, Petzold-Maxwell, Jennifer, Jaronski, Stefan   +5 more
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Isolation of Metarhizium spp. from rhizosphere soils of wild plants reflects fungal diversity in soil but not plant specificity

Mycology, 2019
Understanding the abundance and diversity of fungal entomopathogens associated with plant species is critical for improving their field efficacy as microbial insecticides.
Oumi Nishi, Hiroki Sato
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