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 …

Plants exist in close association with uncountable numbers of microorganisms around, on,
and within them. Some of these endophytically colonize plant roots. The colonization of roots …

The long-term and excessive usage of pesticides is an enormous burden on the
environment, which also increases pest resistance. To overcome this problem, research and …

Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are microorganisms that cause fatal diseases of arthropods.
The infection process involves several stages that consist of direct contact of the fungus with …

Entomopathogenic fungi play a central role in Brazil's biopesticide market. Approximately
50% of registered microbial biopesticides comprise mycoinsecticides and/or mycoacaricides …

Background For controlling the resistance to insects, in particular carpophagous and
phyllophagous caterpillars, using chemical pesticides has led to contamination of cotton …

Beauveria bassiana is a soil fungus that parasitizes a large number of arthropod species,
including numerous crop pests, causing white muscardine disease and is therefore used as …

The use of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) like Beauveria, Metarhizium, Lecanicillium, and
Isaria is upsurging in recent years for the management of crop insect pests. EPF are …

Beauveria bassiana though widely perceived as an entomopathogenic fungus has also
been found in nature to be endophytic. As entomopathogens, the life cycle of different B …

As a waste valorisation option, agro-industrial residues (rice husk, apple pomace, whisky
draff, soy fiber, rice fiber, wheat straw, beer draff, orange peel and potato peel) were tested …