Insects are the main pest in agricultural systems, causing significant losses in crop
productivity and storage. During the last decades the control of pest insects has been carried …

Global food security is threatened by insect pests of economically important crops. Chemical
pesticides have been used frequently for the last few decades to manage insect pests …

Fungal insect pathogens have evolved diverse mechanisms to evade host immune
recognition and defense responses. However, identification of fungal factors involved in host …

Insecticidal fungi represent a promising alternative to chemical pesticides for disease vector
control. Here, we show that the pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana exports a microRNA …

Chemical insecticides remain the main strategy to combat mosquito-borne diseases, but the
growing threat of insecticide resistance prompts the urgent need to develop alternative …

Abstract Introduction Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are a class of small molecular weight
soluble proteins that exist as expanded gene families in all insects, acting as ligand carriers …

Entomopathogenic fungi naturally infect insect hosts in environment. Fungal invasion and
host immune defense are still in the progress of co-evolution. In this study …

Chitin is an important component of the fungal cell wall with a family of chitin synthases
mediating its synthesis. Here, we report on the genetic characterization of the full suite of …

Insects are one of the most successful animals in nature, and entomopathogenic fungi play a
significant role in the natural epizootic control of insect populations in many ecosystems. The …

Entomopathogenic fungi offer an effective and eco-friendly alternative to curb insect
populations in biocontrol strategy. The evolutionary history of selected entomopathogenic …