The development and use of entomopathogens as classical, conservation and augmentative
biological control agents have included a number of successes and some setbacks in the …

The genus Metarhizium and Pochonia chlamydosporia comprise a monophyletic clade of
highly abundant globally distributed fungi that can transition between long-term beneficial …

The taxonomic challenge posed by cryptic species (two or more distinct species classified as
a single species) has been recognized for nearly 300 years, but the advent of relatively …

Metarhizium anisopliae, the type species of the anamorph entomopathogenic genus
Metarhizium, is currently composed of four varieties, including the type variety, and had …

Fungal entomopathogens have been developed in numerous countries as biocontrol agents
with more than 100 mycoinsecticide products commercially available in 2006. The chief …

It is increasingly recognized that the biodiversity in agroecosystems deliver significant
ecosystem services to agricultural production such as biological control of pests …

• Premise of the study: The soil‐inhabiting insect‐pathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii
also colonizes plant roots endophytically, thus showing potential as a plant symbiont …

Fungi of the hyphomycete genus Metarhizium have been isolated from infected insects and
soil of all continents except Antarctica, and there have been isolations from near the …

One of the main negative effects of climate change on biological pest control is alteration of
relationships between insect pests and their natural enemies (both entomophagous and …

Conidia are specialized structures produced at the end of the asexual life cycle of most
filamentous fungi. They are responsible for fungal dispersal and environmental persistence …