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A mixed community of actinomycetes produce multiple antibiotics for the fungus farming ant Acromyrmex octospinosus [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Attine ants live in an intensely studied tripartite mutualism with the fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, which provides food to the ants, and with antibiotic-producing actinomycete bacteria.
Bibb, Mervyn J., Sabine Grüschow, Heavens, Darren, Goss, Rebecca J. M., Yu, Douglas W., Drou Nizar, Barke Jörg, Darren Heavens, Barke, Jörg, Grüschow, Sabine, Hutchings Matthew I, Mervyn J Bibb, Drou, Nizar, Hutchings, Matthew I., Jörg Barke, Matthew I Hutchings, Ryan F Seipke, Nizar Drou, Grüschow Sabine, Goss Rebecca JM, Douglas W Yu, Yu Douglas W, Seipke, Ryan F., Barke, Joerg, Rebecca JM Goss, Seipke Ryan F, Heavens Darren, Grueschow, Sabine, Yu, Douglas, Bibb Mervyn J   +29 more
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Entomopathogenic fungus disrupts the phloem-probing behavior of Diaphorina citri and may be an important biological control tool in citrus

Scientific Reports, 2022
Citrus is among the most important fruit crops worldwide; however, numerous pests and diseases affect the orchards, increasing production costs. The psyllid Diaphorina citri, is a vector of the phloem-limited bacteria ‘Candidatus Liberibacter spp.’, the ...
Nathalie Maluta, Thiago Castro, João Roberto Spotti Lopes   +2 more
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Ethylene supports colonization of plant roots by the mutualistic fungus Piriformospora indica [PDF]

, 2012
The mutualistic basidiomycete Piriformospora indica colonizes roots of mono- and dicotyledonous plants, and thereby improves plant health and yield. Given the capability of P.
Jörg Durner, Durner, J., Durner, Jörg, von Wettstein Diter, Schäfer, Patrick, Christian Lindermayr, Behnam Khatabi, Lindermayr, C., Lindermayr Christian, Molitor, A., Lindermayr, Christian, Schäfer Patrick, Jörg Durner (170956), Kogel, K.-H., Karl-Heinz Kogel (54116), Khatabi Behnam, von Wettstein, D., Christian Lindermayr (170953), Pfiffi, S., Diter von Wettstein, Stefanie Pfiffi, Molitor, Alexandra, Kogel, Karl-Heinz, Behnam Khatabi (170951), Diter von Wettstein (136106), Patrick Schäfer, Patrick Schäfer (170961), Schäfer, P., Stefanie Pfiffi (170955), Karl-Heinz Kogel, Molitor Alexandra, Pfiffi Stefanie, Kogel Karl-Heinz, Alexandra Molitor (170952), Alexandra Molitor, Durner Jörg, Wettstein, Diter von, Khatabi, B., Khatabi, Behnam, Pfiffi, Stefanie   +39 more
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Host deception: predaceous fungus, Esteya vermicola, entices pine wood nematode by mimicking the scent of pine tree for nutrient. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
A nematophagous fungus, Esteya vermicola, is recorded as the first endoparasitic fungus of pine wood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, in last century. E.
Feng Lin, Jianling Ye, Huaguang Wang, Aijun Zhang, Boguang Zhao   +4 more
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An extra-domiciliary method of delivering entomopathogenic fungus, Metharizium anisopliae IP 46 for controlling adult populations of the malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis. [PDF]

, 2010
: Fungal biopesticides have the potential to significantly reduce densities of malaria vectors as well as associated malaria transmission. In previous field trials, entomopathogenic fungus was delivered from within human dwellings, where its efficacy was
Mnyone, L. L., Fredros O Okumu, Sumaye, R. D, Robert D Sumaye, Mnyone, Ladslaus L., Kavishe, Deogratius R., Deogratius R Kavishe, Sumaye, R. D., Madumla, Edith P, Madumla, E. P., Sumaye, R.D., Lwetoijera, D.W., Lwetoijera, D. W, Lwetoijera, Dickson W., Edith P Madumla, Ladslaus L Mnyone, Okumu, Fredros O, Russell, T. L., Tanya L Russell, Kavishe, D.R., Okumu, Fredros O., Okumu, F. O., Mnyone, Ladslaus L, Okumu, F.O., Dickson W Lwetoijera, Sumaye, Robert D, Kavishe, D. R., Lwetoijera, Dickson W, Kavishe, Deogratius R, Sumaye, Robert D., Madumla, Edith P., Madumla, E.P., Mnyone, L.L., Russell, Tanya L, Russell, T.L., Russell, Tanya L., Lwetiojera, Dickson W.   +36 more
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High intercontinental migration rates and population admixture in the sapstain fungus Ophiostoma ips [PDF]

, 2007
Ophiostoma ips is a common fungal associate of various conifer-infesting bark beetles in their native ranges and has been introduced into non-native pine plantations in the Southern Hemisphere.
ANNIE YART, Wingfield, Michael J., Klepzig, K., Zhou, Xudong, Wingfield, Michael, Wingfield, B.D., Klepzig, Kier, De Beer, Z. Wilhelm, Lieutier, Francois, Xudong, Zhou, MICHAEL J. WINGFIELD, Z. WILHELM DE BEER, Portales, J.M., TREENA I. BURGESS, de Beer, Wilhelm, JULIO MENA PORTALES, Zhou, X., Burgess, T.I., Carnegie, Angus J., Wingfield, Brenda, Wingfield, Brenda D., Portales, Julio Mena, KIER KLEPZIG, Carnegie, Angus, De Beer, Z.W., Carnegie, A.J., Burgess, Treena I., ANGUS CARNEGIE, Yart, A., BRENDA D. WINGFIELD, Yart, Annie, XUDONG ZHOU, FRANCOIS LIEUTIER, Burgess, Treena, Lieutier, F., Wingfield, M.J.   +35 more
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Phymatotrichopsis root rot and its biological control in the pecan tree in Mexico

Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 2022
In Mexico, phymatotrichopsis root rot is regarded as the most important disease in the pecan tree. Its causative agent is the fungus Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (Duggar) Hennebert, and the percentage of diseased trees ranges between 3 to more than 25% in
Sandra PÉREZ ÁLVAREZ, Eduardo F. HECTOR-ARDISANA, Martín DÍAZ-GARCÍA, Esteban SÁNCHEZ, Edith GARCÍA-RAMÍREZ   +4 more
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A Food Factory Strictly Managed by Fungus-growing Termites [PDF]

Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 2010
In this study, we analyzed fungus gardens of Odontotermes feae (Wasmann), which are associated with Termitomyces eurhizus (Berk.) R. Heim, and of Ancistrotermes pakistanicus Ahmad, which are associated with T. striatus (Beeli) R. Heim, to examine the ecological effects of termite use on primordium and fruiting-body formation.
Cha, Joo Young, Wirawan, I.G.P, Tamai, Yutaka, Lee, Si Young, Chun, Kun Woo, Lee, Sang Yong, Ohga, Shoji   +6 more
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The infectivity of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana to insecticide-resistant and susceptible Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes at two different temperatures [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Control of the major African malaria vector species continues to rely extensively on the application of residual insecticides through indoor house spraying or bed net impregnation.
Knols, B.G.J., Bart GJ Knols, Coetzee, M., Richard H Hunt, Maureen Coetzee, Brooke, B.D., Basil D Brooke, Christophe K Kikankie, Hunt, R.H., Koekemoer, L.L., Thomas, M.B., Matthew B Thomas, Farenhorst, M., Marit Farenhorst, Lizette L Koekemoer, Kikankie, C.K.   +15 more
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Alternaria alternata strain VLH1: a potential entomopathogenic fungus native to North Western Indian Himalayas

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2022
Background The inadvertent observation of a substantial population reduction of greenhouse whiteflies infecting Salvia divinorum plants grown in a polyhouse sparked a flurry of inquiries on the cause of the population decline. The entomopathogenic fungus
Amit Umesh Paschapur, A. R. N. S. Subbanna, Ashish Kumar Singh, B. Jeevan, Johnson Stanley, H. Rajashekara, Krishna Kant Mishra, Prasanna S. Koti, Lakshmi Kant, Arunava Pattanayak   +9 more
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