Fungal entomopathogens have been proposed as environmentally friendly alternatives to
chemical control. Unfortunately, their effectiveness continues to be limited by their …

An increasing number of recent studies demonstrate that entomopathogenic fungi, often
solely considered as insect pathogens, play additional roles in nature, including …

Biological control is an underlying pillar of integrated pest management, yet little focus has
been placed on assigning economic value to this key ecosystem service. Setting biological …

Intensification of agriculture and increased insecticide use have been implicated in global
losses of farmland biodiversity and ecosystem services. We hypothesized that increased …

Ecology documents and interprets the abundance and distribution of organisms.
Ecoinformatics addresses this challenge by analyzing databases of observational data …

The common bean is the most important food legume in the world. We examined the
potential of the fungal entomopathogens Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae …

This white paper presents a series of perspectives on current and future phytobiome
management, discussed at the Wild and Tamed Phytobiomes Symposium in University Park …

Ecoinformatics, as defined in this review, is the use of preexisting data sets to address
questions in ecology. We provide the first review of ecoinformatics methods in agricultural …

Highlights•Incorporation of biological control requires stakeholder acceptance of
risks.•Natural enemy thresholds have been incorporated into a few pest sampling …

Honey bees are the most important managed pollinator worldwide and are vital to the
success of modern agriculture. Native, wild bees are also important pollinators in both …