A life-and-death struggle: interaction of insects with entomopathogenic fungi across various infection stages

M Ma, J Luo, C Li, I Eleftherianos, W Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Insects constitute approximately 75% of the world's recognized fauna, with the majority of
species considered as pests. Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are parasitic microorganisms …

Involvement of an Enhanced Immunity Mechanism in the Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis in Lepidopteran Pests

Z Xiao, X Yao, S Bai, J Wei, S An - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Immune responses of Lepidopteran pests to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) or
Bt toxins, including pattern recognition proteins, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and their …

Host-pathogen interaction between Asian citrus psyllid and entomopathogenic fungus (Cordyceps fumosorosea) is regulated by modulations in gene expression …

M Qasim, H Xiao, K He, MAA Omar, D Hussain… - … and Physiology Part C …, 2021 - Elsevier
The host-pathogen interaction has been explored by several investigations, but the impact of
fungal pathogens against insect resistance is still ambiguous. Therefore, we assessed the …

Refining the natural product repertoire in entomopathogenic bacteria

NJ Tobias, YM Shi, HB Bode - Trends in microbiology, 2018 - cell.com
Members of the genera Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus are capable of producing a huge
repertoire of different natural products to support a complex life cycle involving insect …

[HTML][HTML] 球孢白僵菌的侵染特性及应用研究进展

况再银, 童文, 孙佩, 曾华兰, 叶鹏盛, 赵馨怡… - 微生物学 …, 2023 - wswxtb.ijournals.cn
球孢白僵菌是一种重要的虫生真菌, 具有致病力强, 侵染范围广, 安全无污染等优点,
其制剂可作为一种真菌类杀虫剂应用于农林业害虫的防治, 也可用于人工生产中药材僵蚕 …

Lethal and sublethal toxicity assessment of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis and Beauveria bassiana based bioinsecticides to the aquatic insect Chironomus …

MD Bordalo, C Gravato, S Beleza, D Campos… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite being considered environmentally safe, a deeper environmental risk assessment is
needed for microbial insecticides; special attention should be devoted to their sublethal …

Parasitoid envenomation alters the Galleria mellonella midgut microbiota and immunity, thereby promoting fungal infection

OV Polenogova, MR Kabilov, MV Tyurin… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Gut bacteria influence the development of different pathologies caused by bacteria, fungi
and parasitoids in insects. Wax moth larvae became more susceptible to fungal infections …

[HTML][HTML] Combined effect of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii and avermectins on the survival and immune response of Aedes aegypti larvae

YA Noskov, OV Polenogova, ON Yaroslavtseva… - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Combination of insect pathogenic fungi and microbial metabolites is a prospective method
for mosquito control. The effect of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii JF …

昆虫病原真菌防控草地贪夜蛾的现状, 问题与展望

张维, 彭国雄, 夏玉先 - 中国生物防治学报, 2019 - zgswfz.com.cn
草地贪夜蛾是世界性重大农业害虫, 危害大, 防控难. 昆虫病原真菌菌种资源丰富, 具有易流行,
害虫不易产生抗性等突出优点, 在草地贪夜蛾防控中应用潜力大. 本文综述了昆虫病原真菌在 …

Isolation, identification, and bioinformatic analysis of antibacterial proteins and peptides from immunized hemolymph of red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

S Knutelski, M Awad, N Łukasz, M Bukowski, J Śmiałek… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier, 1791, Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a
destructive pest of palms, rapidly extending its native geographical range and causing large …