TL Fess, VA Benedito - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
We are at a pivotal time in human history, as the agricultural sector undergoes consolidation coupled with increasing energy costs in the context of declining resource availability …
Simple Summary Reductions in the numbers of chemical plant protection products that are approved and a move towards organic production has changed the way growers produce …
Terrestrial plants can harbor endophytic fungi that may induce changes in plant physiology that in turn affect interactions with herbivorous insects. We evaluated whether the application …
H Gan, K Wickings - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
While the unintended effects of pesticide applications in agroecosystems have received much attention, the consequence of different pest management strategies for beneficial soil …
Although chemical agents are currently the standard in pest control, entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are a commercially important biocontrol agent (BCA) and an important long-term …
Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are the natural enemies of insect-pests. However, EPF recoveries can be influenced by the soil habitat-type (s) incorporated and/or the bait-insect …
Entomopathogenic bacteria and fungi are quite frequently found in soils and insect cadavers. The first step in utilizing these microbes as biopesticides is to isolate them, and …
Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are important antagonists of soil-dwelling insect pests adapted to living in agricultural soils. Little is known about EPF in vineyards, where they …
Establishment, persistence and local dispersal of the entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium anisopliae (ESALQ1037) and M. robertsii (ESALQ1426)(Ascomycota: Hypocreales) were …