In insects, the innate immune system is subdivided into cellular and humoral defenses.
When parasitoids attack insects, both reactions can be activated and notably, the …

Phytophagous insects evolving in agroecosystems express numerous defences when faced
with myriads of natural enemies. Such defensive traits might impair the effectiveness of …

Accepted: 28 April 2021/Available online: May 2022/Printed: June 2022 Abstract. As an
important order among insects, featuring incredible diversity, Coleopterans are increasingly …

Balanced nutrition is fundamental to health and immunity. For herbivorous insects, nutrient-
compositional shifts in host plants due to elevated atmospheric CO 2 concentrations and …

Terminal investment hypothesis is a longstanding theoretical idea that organisms should
increase their reproductive effort as their prospects for survival and reproduction decline …

Purpose The parasites' virulence is labile after jumping to a new host species, and it might
derivate in gaining virulence against a new host as a side effect of living in a non-host …

White grubs in the genus Phyllophaga are serious pest affecting many crops including
maize. Entomopathogenic fungi are among the most promising biological control agents …

Metarhizium pingshaense has potential as a control agent of the white grub Anomala cincta.
We compared its ability to cause infection when applied as a seed treatment or directly to the …

Sari JMP, Herlinda S, Suwandi S, Elfita. 2023. Effect of endophytic entomopathogenic fungal
conidia and blastospores induced in maize plants by seed inoculation on Spodoptera …

Here we report the presence of the entomopathogenic nematode Rhabditis (Rhabditoides)
regina affecting white grubs (Phyllophaga sp. and Anomala sp.) in Mexico and R. regina …