The increase in demand for agricultural produce necessitates the continuous search for
affordable, ecofriendly, readily available crop protectors, and food preservatives. Historically …

Plant pathogens with their abundance are harmful and cause huge damage to different
agricultural crops and economy of a country as well as lead towards the shortage of food for …

Spodoptera exigua (Hübner)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a highly dispersive, polyphagous
insect pest that severely defoliates crops. Excessive reliance on synthetic insecticides leads …

Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) is one of the most important pests of agricultural
crops with worldwide distribution causing considerable damage to different products …

We evaluated the sublethal (LC25) effects of the three native strains of two important
entomopathogenic fungi (EPFs) species (Metarhizium anisopliae AB, M. anisopliae Iran 245 …

Rice (Oryza sativa) is the most important food crop all over the world, while white-backed
planthopper (WBPH), Sogatella furcifera (Horváth)(Hemiptera: Delphacidae) is an important …

Three strains of fungi belonging to the genus Metarhizium Sorokīn (ARSEF 4556, ARSEF
3297, native strain) were assayed against adults and nymphs of the Neotropical brown …

BACKGROUND The potato tuber moth (PTM), Phthorimaea operculella, is an economically
important pest of potato crops worldwide. So far, the application of chemical pesticides is the …

Endophytic and rhizosphere-competent entomopathogenic fungi (EF) are important plant
bodyguards, although the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are poorly understood …

BACKGROUND Insect pests cause major yield losses to Gossypium hirsutum, often
requiring the use of chemical insecticides. To avoid human health, environmental and …