The entomopathogenic fungal genus Lecanicillium Gams and Zare (formerly classified as the species Verticillium lecanii) includes that are highly pathogenic to many insect genera. In this study, we identified six Lecanicilliumspp. isolated strains (designated V1-V6) belonging L. lecanii (V1, V3 V5) attenuatum (V2, V4 V6). addition, these were used obtain new via protoplast fusion, nit mutants fo...

Mycopathogens of economically important exotic invasive insects in forests of northeastern USA have been the subject of research at the Entomology Research Laboratory, University of Vermont, for the last 20 years. Elongate hemlock scale, European fruit lecanium, hemlock woolly adelgid and pear thrips were analyzed for the presence of mycopathogens, in order to consider the potential for managin...

Laboratory experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of some commercially available biopesticidal formulations, such as Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki (2g/l), sphaericus(2g/l), Beauveria bassiana (5g/l), Metarhizium anisopliae Lecanicillium lecanii (5g/l) on Temperature Tolerant strain Trichogramma chilonis (TTT). Two sets conducted, in first experiment, all test biopesticides spr...