The yellow mealworm, Tenebrio molitor, is currently one of the most important insect species
produced for livestock feed and human consumption. High-density rearing conditions make …

Entomopathogenic bacteria and fungi are quite frequently found in soils and insect
cadavers. The first step in utilizing these microbes as biopesticides is to isolate them, and …

Abstract Spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (White), is an invasive Asian insect that was
initially found in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 2014. As of early 2020, this pest had been …

Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are distributed in natural and agricultural soils worldwide. To
investigate EPF occurrence in different botanical habitats and soil-ecoregions, we surveyed …

Abstract In the eastern United States, populations of the invasive spotted lanternfly, Lycorma
delicatula, can be infected by native fungal entomopathogens, including Batkoa major and …

Beauveria bassiana is one of the most widely studied and used entomopathogenic fungus
as biopesticide. In the biological control of pests, B. bassiana will persist in the soil after …

Background As a biological control agent, entomopathogenic fungus (EPF) can give an
alternative to high-risk pesticides. Metarhizium anisopliae is one of the most promising pest …

A survey was carried out on forest soils and grassland soils from Hebei and Sichuan
provinces using Tenebrio molitor larvae as a bait, and high-throughput DNA sequencing …

Banana rust thrips, Chaetanaphothrips signipennis, are devastating insect pests of banana
crops worldwide. The entomopathogenic fungi are naturally occurring microbes known to …

Accurately identifying entomopathogenic fungi is crucially important, but the current
approach of analysing four genes might not provide sufficient resolution. In this study, we …