▪ Abstract Control of grasshoppers and locusts has traditionally relied on synthetic
insecticides, and for emergency situations this is unlikely to change. However, a growing …

A wide diversity of plant protection products (PPP) is used for crop protection leading to the
contamination of soil, water, and air, which can have ecotoxicological impacts on living …

Recent taxonomic studies on fungi using molecular techniques have provided important
information on their phylogenies and new classifications (Chapter VI). Many genera of …

Imidacloprid (IMI) microcrystals were directly encapsulated with nature polysaccharides
chitosan (CHI) and sodium alginate (ALG) through layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly. The …

Transcript patterns elicited in response to hosts can reveal how fungi recognize suitable
hosts and the mechanisms involved in pathogenicity. These patterns could be fashioned by …

Worldwide sales of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) dwarf those of any other biopesticide product.
Annual sales in the early 1990s were estimated at $100 million, accountmg for l-2% of the …

The temperature optima for germination, radial hyphal extension rate and sporulation were
determined for two isolates of Metarhizium flavoviride from acridoid hosts. I91–609 exhibited …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Fuzi (lateral root of Aconitum carmichaeli) is a
popular traditional Chinese medicine well known for its both therapeutic and high-toxic …

Abstract In 1985, Pierre Ferron reviewed the status of a “hundred-year-old hypothesis” that
the entomopathogemc fungi would one day become integral components of many insect …

Agriculture has been man's primary occupation since time immemorial. History shows that
agriculture has shaped and dictated the fate of many civilizations and that effective disease …