Microbial control agents serve as alternatives to synthetic pesticides for the management of
insect pests and plant pathogens. Naturally occurring microorganisms such as bacteria …

Virtually all examined plant species harbour fungal endophytes which asymptomatically
infect or colonize living plant tissues, including leaves, branches, stems and roots …

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 …

In the past few decades, the control of pests and diseases of cultivated plants using natural
and biological measures has drawn increasing attention in the quest to reduce the level of …

Fungal entomopathogens have been proposed as environmentally friendly alternatives to
chemical control. Unfortunately, their effectiveness continues to be limited by their …

An increasing number of recent studies demonstrate that entomopathogenic fungi, often
solely considered as insect pathogens, play additional roles in nature, including …

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 …

The incorporation of entomopathogenic fungi as biocontrol agents into Integrated Pest
Management (IPM) programs without doubt, has been highly effective. The ability of these …

Definition Entomopathogenic fungi are a special group of soil-dwelling microorganisms that
infects and kills insects and other arthropods through cuticle penetration. They are currently …

Two experimental replicates were conducted to test whether strains of Beauveria
brongniartii (BIPESCO2 and 2843) and Metarhizium brunneum (BIPESCO5) can …