Background For controlling the resistance to insects, in particular carpophagous and
phyllophagous caterpillars, using chemical pesticides has led to contamination of cotton …

Insect pests have remarkable capacity to develop resistance to insecticides. More than 600
species of plant feeding insect pests have developed resistance to insecticides …

Bemisia tabaci, a vector of cotton leaf curl virus disease, is among the most devastating
pests causing huge economic losses due to reduced cotton yield and quality. The excessive …

The soil is the home of innumerable forms of plants, animals and microbes, and life in the
soil is highly diverse, ranging from microscopic single-celled organisms to large burrowing …

The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. is one of the facultative
insect pathogens with significant host range and host specifity. Conidia survival may be …

Entomopathogenic fungi are widely used as biological control agents against a broad range
of insect and arachnid pests. However, the control efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi is …

Background Integrating fungal biocontrol agents into crop protection programs dominated by
synthetic pesticides is an important first step towards developing an integrated pest …

Entomopathogens (EPFs) are potential alternatives to chemical insecticides for managing
Bemisia tabaci (Genn.), an invasive pest of the cotton crop. EPFs alone may not always …

Este trabalho teve por objetivo selecionar isolados de fungos entomopatogênicos, visando
sua utilização no controle do cascudinho, Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer). Larvas e adultos …

Bioassays were conducted in stored grains to evaluate the combined use of the
entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana, diatomaceous earth (DE) and fenitrothion …