It has now passed more than forty years since solid-state fermentation (SSF) research
developments have gained importance for the scientific community. After so many years …

The increasing public demand to avoid the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers in
agricultural production systems, causing serious environmental damages, has challenged …

In recent years, production and use of bio-pesticides have increasing and replacing some
synthetic chemical pesticides applied to food commodities. In this review, biological control …

Biological control agents are slowly and steadily replacing traditional chemical pesticides.
Among them, fungal entomopathogens have assumed a key role in controlling a growing …

Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) have become a significant force in shaping the larger context
of insecticides within contemporary insect pest management schemes (Lord 2005; Roy et …

Demand for biopesticides is growing due to the increase of areas under integrated pest
management worldwide. Conidia from entomopathogenic fungi play a major role as infective …

Root-knot nematodes cause annual losses of about USD $100 billion worldwide.
Development of natural resistance to nematicides by nematodes and the tendency to …

A novel solid-state fermentation apparatus, namely an upright multi-tray conidiation
chamber, was developed to facilitate the production of aerial conidia of fungal biocontrol …

Beauveria bassiana is an important entomopathogenic fungus widely commercialized in the
world. Recent progress and achievements on conidia production have focused on a yield …

The aim of the present work was to study the effect of moisture content and inoculum on the
growth and conidia production by Beauveria bassiana on wheat bran (WB). The highest …