Review on safety of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Beauveria brongniartii

G Zimmermann - Biocontrol Science and Technology, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The commercial use of entomopathogenic fungi and their products as mycoinsecticides
necessitates their registration. Worldwide, several registration guidelines are available …

Entomopathogenic fungal endophytes

FE Vega, F Posada, MC Aime, M Pava-Ripoll, F Infante… - Biological control, 2008 - Elsevier
Fungal endophytes are quite common in nature and some of them have been shown to have
adverse effects against insects, nematodes, and plant pathogens. Our research program is …

Colonization of crop plants by fungal entomopathogens and their effects on two insect pests when in planta

P Gurulingappa, GA Sword, G Murdoch, PA McGee - Biological control, 2010 - Elsevier
Fungal entomopathogens can directly regulate populations of various insects. The
entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana can also endophytically colonize various plants …

Beauveria bassiana as an endophyte: a critical review on associated methodology and biocontrol potential

AC McKinnon, S Saari, ME Moran-Diez, NV Meyling… - BioControl, 2017 - Springer
In the last decade there has been increased focus on the potential of endophytic Beauveria
bassiana for the biocontrol of insect herbivores. Generally, detection of endophytes is …

[PDF][PDF] Entomopathogenic fungi as microbial biocontrol agent

S Khan, L Guo, Y Maimaiti, M Mijit, D Qiu - Molecular Plant Breeding, 2012 - Citeseer
An attractive alternative method to chemical pesticides is the microbial biocontrol (MBCAs)
agents. They are the natural enemies devastating the pest population with no hazard effects …

Genetic engineering of fungal biocontrol agents to achieve greater efficacy against insect pests

RJ St. Leger, C Wang - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2010 - Springer
Molecular biology methods have elucidated pathogenic processes in several fungal
biocontrol agents including two of the most commonly applied entomopathogenic fungi …

Biochemistry of insect epicuticle degradation by entomopathogenic fungi

N Pedrini, R Crespo, MP Juárez - … and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & …, 2007 - Elsevier
The biochemical interaction between fungal pathogens and their insect host epicuticle was
studied by examining fungal hydrocarbon degrading ability. As a contact insecticide …

Biosynthesis of the cyclooligomer depsipeptide bassianolide, an insecticidal virulence factor of Beauveria bassiana

Y Xu, R Orozco, EMK Wijeratne… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Beauveria bassiana is a facultative entomopathogen with an extremely broad host range
that is used as a commercial biopesticide for the control of insects of agricultural, veterinary …

Genes involved in virulence of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

CA Valero-Jiménez, H Wiegers, BJ Zwaan… - Journal of Invertebrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pest insects cause severe damage to global crop production and pose a threat to human
health by transmitting diseases. Traditionally, chemical pesticides (insecticides) have been …

Laboratory Evaluation of Entomopathogenic Fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae Against Puparia and Adults of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera …

E Quesada-Moraga, A Ruiz-García… - Journal of economic …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Laboratory experiments were done to measure the pathogenicity of 10 autochthonous
isolates of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuill. and of five Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) …