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 …

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 …

Fungi must meet four criteria to infect humans: growth at human body temperatures,
circumvention or penetration of surface barriers, lysis and absorption of tissue, and …

Insects are associated with multiple microbes that have been reported to influence various
aspects of their biology. Most studies in insects, including pest species, focus on the …

Entomopathogenic fungi play a pivotal role in the regulation of insect populations in nature,
and representative species have been developed as promising environmentally friendly …

One billion people worldwide are affected by fungal pathogens, of which 1.6 million
succumb to fungal infections per year. This review discusses the emergence and evolution …

Fungal pathogens of plants and animals have multifarious effects; they cause devastating
damages to agricultures, lead to life-threatening diseases in humans, or induce beneficial …

Objective and methods This article provides a summary of studies on pine wilt disease
(PWD). PWD is a serious threat to forests, and the damage caused by this disease results in …

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 …

Fungi are the commonest pathogens of insects and crucial regulators of insect populations.
The rapid advance of genome technologies has revolutionized our understanding of …