Infections mediated by broad host range entomopathogenic fungi represent seminal
observations that led to one of the first germ theories of disease and are a classic example of …

Although many insects successfully live in dangerous environments exposed to diverse
communities of microbes, they are often exploited and killed by specialist pathogens …

Entomopathogenic fungi can invade wide range of insect hosts in the natural world and
have been used as environmentally friendly alternatives to chemical insecticides for pest …

Entomopathogenic fungi are the only insect pathogens able to infect their host by adhesion
to the surface and penetration through the cuticle. Although the possibility of fungal infection …

Insect pests persist in a wide-variety of agricultural, arboreal and urban environments.
Effective control with fungal entomopathogens using inundation biocontrol requires an …

Entomopathogenic fungi vary considerably in their mode of action and virulence. Successful
infection depends primarily on the adherence and penetration ability of a fungus to the host …

Significant progress has been made in the biochemical and genetic characterization of the
host-pathogen interaction mediated by insect pathogenic fungi, with the most widely studied …

Approximately 1,000 species of the fungal phyla Microsporidia, Chytridiomycota,
Entomophthoromycota (order: Entomophthorales), Basidiomycota, and Ascomycota are …

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

Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) distribute in different fungal phyla with variable host ranges
and play essential role in regulating insect populations by infecting hosts via cuticle …