Broad host range insect pathogenic fungi penetrate through the host cuticle, necessitating
an ability to confront and overcome surface lipids and other molecules that often include …

Insects are the most widespread group of organisms and more than one million species
have been described. These animals have significant ecological functions, for example they …

The food flavour additive octanoic acid (C8: 0) is also a metabolite of the entomopathogenic
fungus Conidiobolus coronatus, which efficiently infects and rapidly kills Galleria mellonella …

The relationship between insect pathogenic fungi and their insect hosts is a classic example
of a co-evolutionary arms race between pathogen and target host: parasites evolve towards …

Mycoses are a global problem that affects humans and animals. In the present study, the
entomopathogenic soil fungus Conidiobolus coronatus (Entomophthorales), infecting in …

Abstract Frerea indica Dalz.(Apocynaceae) is a critically endangered, monotypic, and
endemic genus of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. In the present study, the …

Filth flies have been implicated in the dispersal of human disease pathogens; however, the
epidemiological parameters of the transmission of human pathogens from flies to plants are …

Insects employ different defense strategies against fungal infections and chemicals. We
aimed to identify the lipid compositions of the fat body of Zophobas morio larvae before and …

In this study, a procedure was developed to determine aldehydes using headspace solid-
phase microextraction (HS-SPME) followed by gas chromatography (GC) coupled with mass …

Abstract Aspergillus clavatus (Ascomycota: Trichocomaceae) was previously found to be an
opportunistic pathogen of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). In the present study, the …