Insect pathogens as biological control agents: Back to the future

LA Lacey, D Grzywacz, DI Shapiro-Ilan, R Frutos… - Journal of invertebrate …, 2015 - Elsevier
The development and use of entomopathogens as classical, conservation and augmentative
biological control agents have included a number of successes and some setbacks in the …

The use of fungal entomopathogens as endophytes in biological control: a review

FE Vega - Mycologia, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Fungal entomopathogens have been proposed as environmentally friendly alternatives to
chemical control. Unfortunately, their effectiveness continues to be limited by their …

Can we use entomopathogenic fungi as endophytes for dual biological control of insect pests and plant pathogens?

LR Jaber, BH Ownley - Biological control, 2018 - Elsevier
An increasing number of recent studies demonstrate that entomopathogenic fungi, often
solely considered as insect pathogens, play additional roles in nature, including …

Endophytic entomopathogenic fungi: A valuable biological control tool against plant pests

S Mantzoukas, PA Eliopoulos - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Among the non-chemical insect control methods, biological control is one of the most
effective human and environmentally friendly alternatives. One of the main biological control …

Fungal endophytes as prolific source of phytochemicals and other bioactive natural products: a review

H Nisa, AN Kamili, IA Nawchoo, S Shafi… - Microbial …, 2015 - Elsevier
Endophytic fungi are those that live internally in apparently healthy and asymptomatic hosts.
Endophytic fungi appear to be ubiquitous; indeed, no study has yet shown the existence of a …

Fungal endophytes: unique plant inhabitants with great promises

AH Aly, A Debbab, P Proksch - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2011 - Springer
Fungal endophytes residing in the internal tissues of living plants occur in almost every plant
on earth from the arctic to the tropics. The endophyte–host relationship is described as a …

Fungal endophytes from higher plants: a prolific source of phytochemicals and other bioactive natural products

AH Aly, A Debbab, J Kjer, P Proksch - Fungal diversity, 2010 - Springer
Bioactive natural products from endophytic fungi, isolated from higher plants, are attracting
considerable attention from natural product chemists and biologists alike as indicated by the …

Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae endophytically colonize cassava roots following soil drench inoculation

M Greenfield, MI Gómez-Jiménez, V Ortiz, FE Vega… - Biological Control, 2016 - Elsevier
We investigated the fungal entomopathogens Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium
anisopliae to determine if endophytic colonization could be achieved in cassava. An …

Fungal entomopathogens as endophytes: can they promote plant growth?

LR Jaber, J Enkerli - Biocontrol Science and Technology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Two experimental replicates were conducted to test whether strains of Beauveria
brongniartii (BIPESCO2 and 2843) and Metarhizium brunneum (BIPESCO5) can …

Entomopathogenic fungal endophytes

FE Vega, F Posada, MC Aime, M Pava-Ripoll, F Infante… - Biological control, 2008 - Elsevier
Fungal endophytes are quite common in nature and some of them have been shown to have
adverse effects against insects, nematodes, and plant pathogens. Our research program is …