1. Plants form mutualistic symbioses with a variety of microorganisms including endophytic fungi that live inside the plant and cause no overt symptoms of infection. Some endophytic fungi form defensive mutualisms based on the production of bioactive metabolites that protect the plant from herbivores in exchange for a protected niche and nutrition from the host plant. Key elements of these symb...

Declining populations of kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria (F.), in the southeastern United States have been observed since 2013 and are generally attributed to increased prevalence of natural enemies. Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. infects kudzu bugs in North America, but the level of pest suppression has not been reported. Beauveria bassiana is sensitive to classes of fungicides used to...

Abstract Background The Toad grasshopper pest, Bufonacris claraziana (Saussure) (Orthoptera: Tristiridae) is an endemic species of the Argentine Patagonia region. Among Tristiridae family, it only recognized as harmful to agricultural and livestock activities in country. Outbreaks B. have become a recurring phenomenon recent years, affecting different areas Patagonian provinces. aim this study ...

The complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of the ex-type strain Pleurocordyceps sinensis, a fungus originally isolated from Ophiocordyceps was sequenced, and assembled as single circular DNA 31,841 bp. mt encoded 15 conserved proteins (rps3, cox1, cox2, cox3, cob, atp6, atp8, atp9, nad1, nad2, nad3, nad4, nad4L, nad5, nad6), 2 rRNA (rnl rns), 25 tRNA, well 10 additional non-conserved open reading ...