Natural and released inoculum levels of entomopathogenic fungal biocontrol agents in soil in relation to risk assessment and in accordance with EU regulations

JWA Scheepmaker, TM Butt - Biocontrol Science and Technology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Entomopathogenic fungi being developed as biological control agents (BCAs) may have the
potential to spread and become established in the environment. For registration purposes …

Phenotypic and molecular insights into heat tolerance of formulated cells as active ingredients of fungal insecticides

SM Tong, MG Feng - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2020 - Springer
Formulated conidia of insect-pathogenic fungi, such as Beauveria and Metarhizium, serve
as the active ingredients of fungal insecticides but are highly sensitive to persistent high …

Ecological factors in the inundative use of fungal entomopathogens

ST Jaronski - BioControl, 2010 - Springer
Fungal entomopathogens have been developed in numerous countries as biocontrol agents
with more than 100 mycoinsecticide products commercially available in 2006. The chief …

Ecological considerations in producing and formulating fungal entomopathogens for use in insect biocontrol

MA Jackson, CA Dunlap, ST Jaronski - BioControl, 2010 - Springer
Insect pests persist in a wide-variety of agricultural, arboreal and urban environments.
Effective control with fungal entomopathogens using inundation biocontrol requires an …

Advances in fundamental and applied studies in China of fungal biocontrol agents for use against arthropod pests

C Wang, MG Feng - Biological Control, 2014 - Elsevier
Entomopathogenic fungi, such as Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae, are
environmentally friendly biocontrol agents (BCAs) against various arthropod pests. We …

Catalases play differentiated roles in the adaptation of a fungal entomopathogen to environmental stresses

ZL Wang, LB Zhang, SH Ying… - Environmental …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The catalase family of Beauveria bassiana (fungal entomopathogen) consists of catA (spore‐
specific), catB (secreted), catP (peroxisomal), catC (cytoplasmic) and catD (secreted …

Characterization of Metarhizium species and varieties based on molecular analysis, heat tolerance and cold activity

ÉKK Fernandes, CA Keyser, JP Chong… - Journal of Applied …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Aims: The genetic relationships and conidial tolerances to high and low temperatures were
determined for isolates of several Metarhizium species and varieties. Methods and Results …

[HTML][HTML] Insight into the transcriptional regulation of Msn2 required for conidiation, multi-stress responses and virulence of two entomopathogenic fungi

Q Liu, SH Ying, JG Li, CG Tian, MG Feng - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2013 - Elsevier
Msn2/4 transcription factors in some fungi have null effects on virulence and cellular stress
responses. Here we found that the transcriptional regulation of Msn2 orthologs is vital for the …

Distinct contributions of one Fe-and two Cu/Zn-cofactored superoxide dismutases to antioxidation, UV tolerance and virulence of Beauveria bassiana

F Li, HQ Shi, SH Ying, MG Feng - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Beauveria bassiana, a filamentous entomopathogen, has five distinct superoxide
dismutases (SODs), including cytosolic and mitochondrial MnSODs (Sod2/3) which have …

Natural occurrence of soil-borne entomopathogenic fungi in the Moroccan Endemic forest of Argania spinosa and their pathogenicity to Ceratitis capitata

A Imoulan, A Alaoui, A El Meziane - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2011 - Springer
The occurrence and abundance of entomopathogenic fungi were analysed in 203 soil
samples of the Moroccan endemic forests of Argania spinosa, the world main refuge of the …