The long-term and excessive usage of pesticides is an enormous burden on the
environment, which also increases pest resistance. To overcome this problem, research and …

Fungi are a highly diverse group of heterotrophic eukaryotes characterized by the absence
of phagotrophy and the presence of a chitinous cell wall. While unicellular fungi are far from …

The genus Metarhizium and Pochonia chlamydosporia comprise a monophyletic clade of
highly abundant globally distributed fungi that can transition between long-term beneficial …

Although many insects successfully live in dangerous environments exposed to diverse
communities of microbes, they are often exploited and killed by specialist pathogens …

Fungal insect pathogens have evolved diverse mechanisms to evade host immune
recognition and defense responses. However, identification of fungal factors involved in host …

Conidia are specialized structures produced at the end of the asexual life cycle of most
filamentous fungi. They are responsible for fungal dispersal and environmental persistence …

This review examines the symbiotic, evolutionary, proteomic and genetic basis for a group of
fungi that occupy a specialized niche as insect pathogens as well as endophytes. We focus …

Phytophthora infestans (P. infestans) is the causal agent of potato late blight, which caused
the devastating Irish Potato Famine during 1845-1852. Until now, potato late blight is still the …

The desire for decreased reliance on chemical pesticides continues to fuel interest in
alternative means for pest control including the use of naturally occurring microbial insect …

Research on the insect pathogenic filamentous fungus, Beauveria bassiana has witnessed
significant growth in recent years from mainly physiological studies related to its insect …