Using natural enemies for pest control is considered environmentally safe, but risk assessment of the concomitant use of different biological control agents needs deeper investigations. A special attention should be given ...

The spider mites Tetranychus urticae Koch and Tetranychus evansi Baker and Pritchard are important pests of horticultural crops. They are infected by entomopathogenic fungi naturally or experimentally. Fungal pathogens ...

The brown stink bug Euschistus heros (F.) is currently the most important species of hemiptera that occurs in soybeans, presenting control difficulties by chemical insecticides, compared to the other stink bugs. The ...

In Durango State, there were some pine defoliator population outbreaks in 2003, that acquire aesthetic, ecological and economical relevance, when the defoliation continues year through year, tree productivity reduces and ...

Black fly is a pest of Asian origin that causes direct and indirect damages to citrus, damaging the development and production of plants. For the development of efficient management strategies of the pest, the integration ...

In the Neotropics, leaf-cutting ants are pests of great importance to various crops. The natural defenses and complexity of these ants reduce the impact of potentially useful pathogens for biological control. Furthermore, ...

Broad host range entomopathogenic fungi such as Beauveria bassiana attack insect hosts via attachment to cuticular substrata and the production of enzymes for the degradation and penetration of insect cuticle. The outermost ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential use of formulated entomopathogenic fungi to be used as alternative method for the management of red gum lerp psyllid Glycaspis brimblecombei. The bioassay was carried ...