The weevil, Myllocerus fotedari Ahmad, 1974 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is widely recognised as one of the major walnut pests. Fungal pathogens have shown great potential for management some pest species. In present study, efficacy three entomopathogenic fungi, namely Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin, Metarhizium anisopliae sensu lato (Metchnikoff) Sorokin...

Abstract Background Laboratory experiments were conducted to evaluate the bio-efficacy and cumulative effect of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF), viz., Lecanicillium lecanii (Zimmermann) Zare Gams, Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin different botanical oils against grape mealy bug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) . M. infestation during berry formation has left no option other than chemical ma...

BACKGROUND The Antarctic fungus Lecanicillium muscarium CCFEE 5003 is one of the most powerful chitinolytic organisms. It can produce high level of chitinolytic enzymes in a wide range of temperatures (5-30°C). Chitinolytic enzymes have lot of applications but their industrial production is still rather limited and no cold-active enzymes are produced. In view of massive production of L. muscari...

We have investigated the presence of fungal egg-parasites in Spanish soils with plant endoparasitic nematodes. Nine out of 68 samples (13%) yielded fungal parasites. The most common (seven strains) was Pochonia chlamydosporia var. chlamydosporia (= Verticillium chlamydosporium var. chlamydosporium), but Lecanicillium lecanii (= Verticillium lecanii) and Paecilomyces lilacinus were also found. M...

Cowpea seed beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), is considered an important bruchid pest in cowpea storages. The used pesticides against this have caused the occurrence of resistant populations and direct toxicity to users. objective study was evaluate mortality effects six entomopathogenic fungi isolates obtained from ARSEF (USA) collection [Paecilomyces farinosus (25...

Sugar beet production is threatened by beetroot rot, which can be triggered consecutive monoculture. Previous studies have shown the beneficial function of microbes affiliated with different plant compartments in inhibiting various pathogens. However, whether sugar root recruit particular at risk rot still unclear. Therefore, this study explored composition and community structure bacteria fung...