Current status and perspectives of fungal entomopathogens used for microbial control of arthropod pests in Brazil

GM Mascarin, RB Lopes, Í Delalibera Jr… - Journal of invertebrate …, 2019 - Elsevier
Entomopathogenic fungi play a central role in Brazil's biopesticide market. Approximately
50% of registered microbial biopesticides comprise mycoinsecticides and/or mycoacaricides …

Mass production of fungal entomopathogens

ST Jaronski, GM Mascarin - Microbial control of insect and mite pests, 2017 - Elsevier
Hypocrealean fungi, consisting of Beauveria bassiana, Beauveria brongniartii, Isaria
fumosorosea, Isaria farinosa, several Lecanicillium spp., Nomuraea rileyi, and Metarhizium …

Innovative granular formulation of Metarhizium robertsii microsclerotia and blastospores for cattle tick control

AF Marciano, GM Mascarin, RFF Franco, PS Golo… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The tick Rhipicephalus microplus poses a serious threat to the cattle industry, resulting in
economic losses aggravated by tick resistance to chemical acaricides. Strains of …

Liquid culture production of microsclerotia and submerged conidia by Trichoderma harzianum active against damping-off disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani

NN Kobori, GM Mascarin, MA Jackson, DA Schisler - Fungal biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Media and culturing protocols were identified that supported the formation of submerged
conidia and microsclerotia (MS) by Trichoderma harzianum Rifai strain T-22 using liquid …

Production of Purpureocillium lilacinum and Pochonia chlamydosporia by Submerged Liquid Fermentation and Bioactivity against Tetranychus urticae and …

DM Silva, VHM de Souza, RA Moral… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pochonia chlamydosporia and Purpureocillium lilacinum are fungal bioagents used for the
sustainable management of plant parasitic nematodes. However, their production through …

Encapsulation of Metarhizium brunneum enhances endophytism in tomato plants

V Krell, D Jakobs-Schoenwandt, S Vidal, AV Patel - Biological control, 2018 - Elsevier
Biocontrol of insect pests using fungal entomopathogens has been promoted as a promising
alternative to chemical pesticides. Apart from their direct mode of action against insect pests …

Dark Pigments in Entomopathogenic Fungal Microsclerotia: Preliminary Evidence of a 1,8-Dihydroxynaphthalene-melanin-like Compound in Metarhizium robertsii

D Espín-Sánchez, L Preisegger, R Mazzolenis… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Metarhizium robertsii microsclerotia are fungal aggregates composed of compacted,
pigmented hyphae. As they are highly tolerant to desiccation and produce infective conidia …

Relative humidity impacts development and activity against Aedes aegypti adults by granular formulations of Metarhizium humberi microsclerotia

J Rodrigues, AML Catão, AS Dos Santos… - Applied Microbiology …, 2021 - Springer
The impact of ambient relative humidity (RH) on conidial production of Metarhizium humberi
IP 46 microsclerotia (MS) formulated in pellets or granules was investigated, and a …

UV‐B tolerances of conidia, blastospores, and microsclerotia of Metarhizium spp. entomopathogenic fungi

ARC Corval, E Mesquita, TA Corrêa… - Journal of basic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of the present study was to analyze ten native Metarhizium spp. isolates as to their
UV‐B tolerances. Comparisons included: different fungal propagules (conidia, blastospores …

[HTML][HTML] Clonostachys rosea: Production by submerged culture and bioactivity against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Bemisia tabaci

GM Mascarin, AVR da Silva, TP da Silva… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Among the prospective biocontrol agents, the saprophytic filamentous fungus Clonostachys
rosea is an excellent necrotrophic mycoparasite of numerous plant pathogenic fungi …