Fungal diseases are widespread among insects and play a crucial role in naturally
regulating insect populations. Mosquitoes, known as vectors for numerous infectious …

In this horizon scan, we highlight 15 emerging issues of potential relevance to global
conservation in 2020. Seven relate to potentially extensive changes in vegetation or …

Malaria control efforts require implementation of new technologies that manage insecticide
resistance. Metarhizium pingshaense provides an effective, mosquito-specific delivery …

Metarhizium is widely recognized as an insect pathogenic fungus but it can also form
symbiotic associations with plant roots. Here we assessed root rhizoplane, as well as …

Highlights•Many oomycete and fungal pathogens have great potential for mosquito
control.•Pathogens infect mosquitoes through cuticle penetration or digestive tract …

In Africa, adult mosquito populations are primarily controlled with insecticide‐impregnated
bed nets and residual insecticide sprays. This coupled with widespread applications of …

Insect-borne diseases are responsible for important burdens on health worldwide
particularly in Africa. Malaria alone causes close to half a million deaths every year, mostly …

Ingenious exploitation of transgenic approaches to produce malaria resistant or sterile
mosquitoes, or hypervirulent mosquito pathogens, has produced many potential solutions to …

Only a handful of microbial mosquito larval pathogens have been described to date.
Sampling several natural enzootic infections of mosquito larvae in southwestern Florida …

Fungal diseases are widespread among insects and play a crucial role in naturally
regulating insect populations. Mosquitoes, known as vectors for numerous infectious …