The use of microbial inoculants for biological control, plant growth promotion, and sustainable agriculture: A review

ASM Elnahal, MT El-Saadony, AM Saad… - European Journal of …, 2022‏ - Springer
Microbial control agents serve as alternatives to synthetic pesticides for the management of
insect pests and plant pathogens. Naturally occurring microorganisms such as bacteria …

Endophytic fungi: a tool for plant growth promotion and sustainable agriculture

NC Baron, EC Rigobelo - Mycology, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
Endophytic fungi are found in most, if not all, plant species on the planet. They colonise
inner plant tissues without causing symptoms of disease, thus providing benefits to the host …

Insect-fungal-interactions: A detailed review on entomopathogenic fungi pathogenicity to combat insect pests

W Islam, M Adnan, A Shabbir, H Naveed… - Microbial …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Global food security is threatened by insect pests of economically important crops. Chemical
pesticides have been used frequently for the last few decades to manage insect pests …

Model application of entomopathogenic fungi as alternatives to chemical pesticides: Prospects, challenges, and insights for next-generation sustainable agriculture

BS Bamisile, KS Akutse, JA Siddiqui, Y Xu - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
In the past few decades, the control of pests and diseases of cultivated plants using natural
and biological measures has drawn increasing attention in the quest to reduce the level of …

Endophytic entomopathogenic fungi: A valuable biological control tool against plant pests

S Mantzoukas, PA Eliopoulos - Applied Sciences, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Among the non-chemical insect control methods, biological control is one of the most
effective human and environmentally friendly alternatives. One of the main biological control …

Pesticide interference and additional effects on plant microbiomes

Z Yu, T Lu, H Qian - Science of The Total Environment, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Pesticides are essential to modern human production activities, particularly those increasing
global food production and quality; however, corresponding pesticide contamination is …

[HTML][HTML] Ecosystem services of entomopathogenic ascomycetes

E Quesada-Moraga, I Garrido-Jurado… - Journal of Invertebrate …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Entomopathogenic ascomycetes (EA) are an important part of the microbiota in most
terrestrial ecosystems, where they can be found regulating natural populations of arthropod …

Plant-insect-microbe interaction: A love triangle between enemies in ecosystem

A Noman, M Aqeel, M Qasim, I Haider, Y Lou - Science of the Total …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
In natural ecosystems, plants interact with biotic components such as microbes, insects,
animals and other plants as well. Generally, researchers have focused on each interaction …

The Entomopathogenic Fungi Metarhizium brunneum and Beauveria bassiana Promote Systemic Immunity and Confer Resistance to a Broad Range of Pests and …

R Gupta, R Keppanan, M Leibman-Markus… - …, 2022‏ - Am Phytopath Society
Biocontrol agents can control pathogens by reenforcing systemic plant resistance through
systemic acquired resistance (SAR) or induced systemic resistance (ISR). Trichoderma spp …

A review of agricultural microbial inoculants and their carriers in bioformulation

V Singh, B Kumar - Rhizosphere, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The administration of plant growth-promoting microbes as inoculants to attain improved crop
yield with enhanced soil fertility is the most efficient technique for achieving sustainability in …