Abstract Background The whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), is one of the most damaging pests crops grown in open field and under protected conditions. Owing to indiscriminate use insecticides, whitefly has developed resistance against various insecticides belonging different chemical groups. Use microbial biopesticides (entomopathogenic fungi) can be an effective alterna...

Four commonly used herbicides were evaluated at two different temperatures and three concentrations (10X, 1X and 0.1X, where X = recommended field rate) for compatibility in vitro with the entomopathogenic fungi Conidiobolus thromboides, C. coronatus, Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, Paecilomyces farinosus and Verticillium lecanii. The effects of the herbicides on radial growth durin...

Myzus persicae is an economically important pest infecting more than 40 families of crops throughout the world. Six entomopathogenic fungal isolates, three each of Beauveria bassiana and Verticillium lecanii, were screened for pathogenicity test against the M. persicae to select high virulent isolate with the most suitable application and to determine the role of individual enzyme in its virule...

Matsucoccus matsumurae (Kuwana) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Matsucoccidae) is an invasive alien species and a destructive pest of two native Chinese pines, Pinus tabulaeformis Carr. and P. massoniana Lamb., throughout the eastern regions of China. The pathogenicity of three entomopathogenic fungi, Lecanicillium lecanii strain V3.4504 and V3.4505, Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti strain HEB01 and Lecanic...

In this study, Metarhizium rileyi isolates (M. NIPHM, M. MTCC 4254 and 10395) were evaluated for their compatibility with other entomopathogenic fungi viz. anisopliae NBAIR (Ma-35), commercial formulation of anisopliae, (Local), Beauveria bassiana ITCC 7126, B. (Local) Verticillium lecanii neem based formulations- (azadirachtin 0.03%EC) 0.15%EC) along synthetic insecticide spinetoram 11.7%SC. N...

Bing, L.A. and Lewis, L.C., 1993. Occurrence of the entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin in different tillage regimes and in Zea mays L. and virulence towards Ostrinia nubilalis (Hiibner) Agric. Ecosystems Environ., 45: 147-156. The entomopathogen, Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin, is an important component in the corn (Zea mays L. ) agroecosystem; this pathogen was found...

Gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, populations were sampled in four eastern North American states during 1991 and 1992 to evaluate levels of hyphomycete infection in association with releases of the Asian gypsy moth pathogen Entomophaga maimaiga. Paecilomyces farinosus was the most abundant hyphomycete species, occurring at the majority of sites, although levels of infection averaged only 4.6% (1991...