Abstract. Ensuring economic security is a guarantee of independence and autonomy the state, an integral condition for stability effective functioning society. Given development world economy, ensuring Ukraine, which basis national security, becoming increasingly urgent problem. The formation system Ukraine takes place in conditions globalization, can not but affect interests trends socio-econom...

Previous studies have found that Met52®, which contains the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium brunneum, is effective in reducing the abundance of Ixodes scapularis, the tick vector for the bacterium causing Lyme disease and for other tick-borne pathogens. Given widespread interest in effective, safe methods for controlling ticks, Met52 has the potential to be used at increasing scales. The no...

Terrestrial plants can harbor endophytic fungi that may induce changes in plant physiology that in turn affect interactions with herbivorous insects. We evaluated whether the application of entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium brunneum to soybean seeds could become endophytic and affect interactions with soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura). It was found that A. glycine...

Two commercial formulations of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo-Crivelli) Vuillemin were applied to residential sites in Old Lyme, CT, for the control of nymphs of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, in 1999 and 2000. The pyrethroid bifenthrin was applied to other premises for comparison with B. bassiana. A wood chip barrier was installed and maintained at six of the treated properties. In 1999...

Aims—To investigate whether a fetal pathway of bile acid synthesis persists in neonates and infants. Methods—3-oxo-Ä bile acids were determined qualitatively and quantitatively in the urine, meconium, and faeces of healthy neonates and infants, using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Results—The mean percentage of 3-oxo-Ä bile acids in total bile acids in urine at birth was significantly hi...