Biological pest control is an environmentally friendly alternative to synthetic pesticides, using
organisms such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasitoids. However, efficacy is variable …

Consumers are increasingly demanding pesticide-free grain/legumes and processed foods.
Additionally, there are more restrictions, or complete loss, of insecticides labelled for use in …

Simple Summary Horticultural crops are vulnerable to attack by many different weevil
species. Fungal entomopathogens provide an attractive alternative to synthetic insecticides …

Alien species often miss parasites in their invaded area, and this is the case in Vespa
velutina. This invasive hornet predator of bees was accidentally introduced in Europe from …

Bioassays were conducted to examine the pathogenicity of the fungus Beauveria bassiana
(Balsamo) Vuillemin (Ascomycota: Hypocreales), strain NI8, against Lygus lineolaris (Palisot …

A Mississippi Delta native strain (NI8 ARSEF8889) of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.)
Vuill.(Cordycipitaceae), isolated from Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois)(Hemiptera …

ABSTRACT A native isolate of the Beauveria sp. fungus obtained from the Diatraea sp. larva
was studied and identified as B. bassiana by analyses based on ribosomal internal …

Nine strains of five species of entomopathogenic hypocrealean fungi were tested against
adults of the Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky). These …

Two isolates of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin, including the commercial strain
GHA and the Mississippi Delta native NI8 strain, and two emulsifiers, Tween-80 and a starch …

Using natural enemies for pest control is considered environmentally safe, but risk
assessment of the concomitant use of different biological control agents needs deeper …