BACKGROUND The recent outbreak of bluetongue virus in northern Europe has led to an urgent need to identify control measures for the Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) biting midges that transmit it. Following successful use of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae against larval stages of biting midge Culicoides nubeculosus Meigen, we investigated the efficacy of this strain an...

Introduction Nematophagous and entomopathogenic fungi (NEF) comprise an important group of fungal parasites of invertebrates (FPI). NEF belong to a wide range of fungal taxa, but most of them are anamorphic fungi and facultative parasites. These fungi can infect, kill and digest nematodes and insects, respectively, which we will call their canonical, or normal, hosts. These hosts have barriers ...

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Gansu Corridor of China with distinct geographic and climatic conditions are remote and less disturbed by humans, in which are likely to find some new strains of fungal entomopathogens against B-biotype whiteflies that is a very important invading pest worldwide. In this research, nineteen strains among six species of entomogenous fungi were isolated from the soil samp...

Amaç: Kiraz Fidan dipkurdu olarak adlandırılan Capnodis tenebrionis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Akdeniz ülkelerinde olduğu gibi Türkiye’de de önemli sert çekirdekli meyve ağacı zararlısıdır. Bu çalışmada, C. tenebrionis’den izole edilen entomopatojen fungusların, yaşam evrelerine göre patojenisiteleri araştırılmıştır. Yöntem ve Bulgular: Tekirdağ ili kiraz bahçelerinden toplanan ...

Coffee leaf rust (CLR), caused by Hemileiavastatrixis the main coffee disease, occurring in producing countries worldwide. Effective management of CL Rintegrated approch including development resistant varieties, cultural management, biocontrol and chemicals. Considering both potential source bioagents this ecological niche possibility practical uses as a tool to be deployed against rust. White...