background: fascioliasis is a zoonotic disease caused by the liver fluke fasciola hepatica . drug resistance, high costs of treatment and economic losses in meat production have emerged the need of alternative control measures into consideration. the aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro ovicidal activity of paecilomyces lilacinus fungus on f. hepatica eggs. methods: p. lilacinus isola...

Plants are exposed to large number of threats caused by herbivores and pathogens which cause important losses on crops. Plant such as nematodes can severe damage in food security crops worldwide. Chemical pesticides were extendedly used for nematode management. However, due their adverse effects human health the environment, they now facing strong limitations regulatory organisations EFSA (Euro...

The objective of this work was to isolate and identify fungi associated with R. reniformis in cotton roots. Soil samples were collected in cotton fields naturally infested with R. reniformis and from cotton stock plants cultured in the greenhouse. Nematodes extracted from the soil were observed under the stereoscope, and discolored eggs and vermiform stages colonized with mycelia were cultured ...