Arthropod pest outbreaks are unpredictable and not uniformly distributed within fields. Early
outbreak detection and treatment application are inherent to effective pest management …

Entomopathogenic fungi play a central role in Brazil's biopesticide market. Approximately
50% of registered microbial biopesticides comprise mycoinsecticides and/or mycoacaricides …

Classical and augmentative biological control of insect pests and weeds has enjoyed a long
history of successes. However, biocontrol practices have not been as universally accepted …

An undergraduate and postgraduate textbook covering the key principles, methodologies,
approaches and practical examples of insect pest management in agricultural, post harvest …

Abstract Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith, 1797)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), also known as fall
armyworm (FAW) is a polyphagous pest which can cause significant losses and is …

The genus Metarhizium is comprised of a diverse group of common soil fungi that exhibit
multifunctional lifestyles with varying degrees of saprotrophic, endophytic, and insect …

Simple Summary This review describes the advances in BC for use in open fields in Brazil.
These advances make our country a model for this type of pest control, especially since …

Brazil has a long history of the use of biological control (BC) of pests. The first attempt to use
parasitoids was reported in the 1930s, and the first successful case dates to 1967. For a long …

Endogenous viruses form an important proportion of eukaryote genomes and a source of
novel functions. How large DNA viruses integrated into a genome evolve when they confer a …

The use of Metarhizium against sugarcane spittlebugs in Brazil is one of the most successful
and long lasting biological control programs using entomopathogenic fungus in the world …