Insects constitute approximately 75% of the world's recognized fauna, with the majority of
species considered as pests. Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are parasitic microorganisms …

The first edition of Tanada and Kaya's Insect Pathology is the standard reference in the field
for researchers and both undergraduate and graduate students and is well known …

Fungal diseases in insects are common and widespread and can decimate their populations
in spectacular epizootics. Virtually all insect orders are susceptible to fungal diseases …

The global diversity of fungi has been estimated using several different approaches. There is
somewhere between 2–11 million estimated species, but the number of formally described …

In contrast to similar terms such as herbivore, predator or parasite, the term" parasitoid" is, as
commonly defined, taxonomically restricted. Insects alone are typically regarded as …

Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are common in terrestrial environments and can be important
natural regulators of insect and arachnid populations. EPF species occur in most of the main …

The mysterious world of fungi is once again unearthed in this expansive second edition. This
textbook provides readers with an all-embracing view of the kingdom fungi, ranging in scope …

Fungal pathogens are capable of causing sensational levels of mortality in insect
populations. As early as about 1000 AD, sericulturists in Asia reported Beauveria bassiana …

The question of how phenotypic and genomic complexity are inter‐related and how they are
shaped through evolution is a central question in biology that historically has been …

Strains of insect-pathogenic fungi with high virulence toward certain pest insects have great
potential for commercial biological control applications. Identifying such strains has been a …