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  1. Poplar anthracnose is one of the most serious diseases caused by the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc. Biocontrol is an efficient green way for the disease control, and numerous...

    Authors: Huayi Huang, Chengming Tian, Yonghuai Huang and Huanhua Huang
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:104
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  2. Sclerotium rolfsii is a soil-borne plant pathogen that causes root diseases in hundreds of plant species. It also causes collar rot disease in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). The present pot study was carried out ...

    Authors: Amna Ali, Arshad Javaid, Amna Shoaib and Iqra Haider Khan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:102
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  3. A nuclear polyhedrosis virus (GmMNPV) was isolated from the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larvae from a dead laboratory colony. A semi-synthetic diet was used for rearing G. me...

    Authors: Monir M. El Husseini
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:101
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  4. Ten indigenous entomofungal strains of Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, and M. rileyi were evaluated against 2nd instar larvae of the maize fall armyworm (FAW) Spodptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepid...

    Authors: Ramanujam B., Poornesha B. and Shylesha A. N.
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:100
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  5. In Egypt, Rhizoctonia solani is an economically important fungal pathogen on many crops such as common bean causing serious yield losses. Biofumigation with Indian mustard (Brassica juncea), as a potential altern...

    Authors: Ibrahim Abdallah, Radwa Yehia and Mohamed Abdel-hady Kandil
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:99
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  6. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important grain legume that is attacked by the fungal pathogen, Sclerotium rolfsii, responsible for collar rot disease. In the present study, the pathogen was isolated from dis...

    Authors: Iqra Haider Khan, Arshad Javaid, Azher Hameed Al-Taie and Dildar Ahmed
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:98
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  7. Root-knot nematode (RKN), Meloidogyne incognita, is one of the most lingering and difficult to manage pest of black pepper in India. The options for controlling RKN are becoming increasingly limited due to the po...

    Authors: Priyank Hanuman Mhatre, Santhosh J Eapen, Gautam Chawla, Rashid Pervez, Agisha V N, Sirisha Tadigiri and Nagesh M
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:97
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  8. The Varroa mite, Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman (Arachnida: Acari: Varroidae), is a severe external parasitic mite of honeybees that causes great losses of colonies globally. Four concentrations (1, 2%, 5, ...

    Authors: Saad H. D. Masry, Tarek E. Abd El-Wahab and Mohamed Rashad
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:91
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  9. The entomopathogenic fungi (EPF), as a biological control agent, can provide an alternative option for high-risk insecticides. Beauveria bassiana is one of the most potential EPF of pest control all over the worl...

    Authors: Yasmin A. Fergani and Ramy S. Yehia
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:96
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  10. The most dominant pest of date stored in Khuzestan Province is Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). In this study, the effects of Bacillus thuringiensis Kurstaki bacteria and Beauveria bassiana pa...

    Authors: Negar Bahmani, Masoud Latifian, Hadi Ostovan and Shahram Hesami
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:94
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  11. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are being used for the management of insect pests occurring in both agricultural and horticultural crops. But native EPNs are reasonably more efficacious in controlling insect...

    Authors: Manjunatha T. Gowda, Jagadeesh Patil, Vijayakumar R., Jaydeep Halder, Veereshkumar, Pratap A. Divekar, A. B. Rai and Jagdish Singh
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:95
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  13. The potato tuber moth (PTM), Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller 1873) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is a destructive pest of stored potatoes and potato crop. Biopesticides are certain types of pesticides derived from ...

    Authors: Aziza Mohamed Fouad Sharaby, Mohamed Ahmed Gesraha and Sahar Ahmed Baker Fallatah
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:93
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  14. In this study, potential of the native Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner was investigated against the root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) under laboratory and greenhouse conditions. Fourtee...

    Authors: A. Ramalakshmi, R. Sharmila, M. Iniyakumar and V. Gomathi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:90
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  15. The farmer interest in biological control-based management practices using entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) for the control of many economically important insects has increased. In this process, selection of effec...

    Authors: R. Dhanapal, D. V. Sai Ram Kumar, R. Lakshmipathy, C. Sandhya Rani and V. Manoj Kumar
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:89
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  16. The Oriental leaf worm moth, Spodoptera litura (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is among the most voracious insect pests in a variety of economically important crops, particularly cotton. It has developed resistanc...

    Authors: Muhammad Yasin, Muhammad Shoaib Qazi, Waqas Wakil and Mirza Abdul Qayyum
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:88
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  17. This study was designed to find out the optimum cold storage temperature (4, 7, and 10 °C) and storage period (1–16 weeks) of 3 different immature developmental stages (2, 4, 6 days post parasitism) of the egg...

    Authors: Hend O. Mohamed and A. H. El-Heneidy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:87
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  18. Integrated pest management (IPM) has recognized as a sustainable method for pest prevention, monitoring, and control. The purpose of this review article focused on biological control potential and challenges i...

    Authors: Mohammad Hussain Falahzadah, Javad Karimi and Randy Gaugler
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:86
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  19. Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is an important fiber crop cultivated in > 50 countries of the world. The cotton leaf roller Syllepte derogata (Fabricius, 1775) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is considered as an invasiv...

    Authors: Gulnar Gahramanova, Mehmet Mamay and Zulfi Mammadov
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:85
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  20. The aphids, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and Aphis gossypii (Glover) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and the whiteflies, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) and Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) are the most...

    Authors: Harshdeep Singh and Tanjot Kaur
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:84
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  21. Wheat stem rust causes by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici is a serious threat to wheat production all over the world. This study evaluated the efficacy of Bacillus subtilis, B. polymyxa and B. megaterium, Eugeno...

    Authors: Reda I. Omara, Tarek A. Essa, Amal A. Khalil and Mohsen M. Elsharkawy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:83
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  22. Jute hairy caterpillar, Spilosoma (=Spilarctia) obliqua (Walker) (Arctiidae: Lepidoptera), is an irregular and polyphagous insect pest that occurs all over India. A severe natural viral epizootic was observed in ...

    Authors: G. Sivakumar, M. Kannan, V. Ramesh Babu, M. Mohan, Surabhi Kumari, R. Rangeshwaran, T. Venkatesan and Chandish R. Ballal
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:82
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  23. The tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Gelechiidae: Lepidoptera), is an introduced serious pest of tomato in India. Management of this insect pest mainly relies on insecticides because of its high infestati...

    Authors: Sandeep Kumar Jalapathi, J. Jayaraj, M. Shanthi, M. Theradimani, Balasubramani Venkatasamy, S. Irulandi and S. Prabhu
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:81
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  24. A study of interactions among natural enemies is important to develop a better biological control program. Among these interactions, one that is crucial is the consumption of parasitized prey by a predator. Fe...

    Authors: Ahmad Manan Mustafa Chatha and Saima Naz
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:80
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  25. The study aimed to determine the effect of two aphid species; Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) and Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on life table and demographic parameters of Hippodamia convergens Gu`er...

    Authors: Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Umair Shahid, Muhammad Tahir, Malik Imran Khan, Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Abrar and Muhammad Mubashar Niaz
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:79
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  26. The effectiveness of Trichoderma atroviride, T. asperellum, T. harzianum, against targeted tea disease causing pathogen, Fusarium solani (dieback), Beauveria bassiana against tea mosquito (Helopeltis theivora), a...

    Authors: Kishor Chand Kumhar, Azariah Babu, John Peter Arulmarianathan, Bhabesh Deka, Mitali Bordoloi, Hirakjyoti Rajbongshi and Pritam Dey
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:78
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  27. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are among the frequently used and commercialized bio-pesticides. However, they are restricted in their infectivity, persistence, storage, and cost of production. One of the me...

    Authors: Tshikala Eddie Lulamba and Mahloro Hope Serepa-Dlamini
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:77
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  28. The tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is a destructive pest affecting the tomato crop causing a loss of 60–100% of the tomato crop production. In the present study, the lethal...

    Authors: Mohamed A. Kandil, Rania N. Abdel-kerim and Moataz A. M. Moustafa
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:76
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  29. Two different Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpliNPV) isolates were obtained from natural infected S. littoralis larvae in Egypt. The phylogenetic analysis of the pa...

    Authors: Wael Elmenofy, Reda Salem, Engy Osman, Norhan Yasser, Alaa Abdelmawgod, Maryam Saleh, Aya Zaki, Engy Hanafy, Sally Tamim, Salma Amin, Aml El-Bakry, Aya El-Sayed and Lamiaa El-Gaied
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:75
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  30. Pest infestations in net-houses are not sometimes different from that under open-field conditions, necessitating usage of pesticides. To examine the hypothesis that bioagents may have more potential under rest...

    Authors: Indu J. Nair, Sudhendu Sharma and Rabinder Kaur
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:74
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  31. The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the EPNs against the larvae of Egyptian cotton leaf worm Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) and the black cutworm Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in ...

    Authors: Hassan M. Sobhy, Nagwa A. Abdel-Bary, Farid A. Harras, Farha H. Faragalla and Hussein I. Husseinen
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:73
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  32. Predatory nematodes are important as they fed upon several prey nematode species. The diplogasterid predators are characterized by distinguished alterations in feeding apparatus. The diplogasterid predator, Ficto...

    Authors: Harjot Singh Sidhu and Rambir Singh Kanwar
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:72
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  33. Intercropping in cotton is of great significance, which helps to reduce the population of insect pests by attracting natural enemies to the field and helping to get stabilized yield and high profit advantage. ...

    Authors: Suman Devi, Pala Ram and Krishna Rolania
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:71
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  35. The invasive fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) was reported recently in India, in 2018, destroying food and fodder crops. Eocanthecona furcellata (Wolff) (Hemiptera...

    Authors: M. C. Keerthi, A. Sravika, H. S. Mahesha, Ankita Gupta, H. A. Bhargavi and Shahid Ahmed
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:69
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  36. In this study, potential of the entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) isolates from dead samples of Orosanga japonica (Melichar) (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) was evaluated. Infected specimens with fungi results confirmed that ...

    Authors: M. Mustafa Akıner, Murat Öztürk, İbrahim Güney and Asu Usta
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:68
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  37. The peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and silver leaf whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) are the major pests of capsicum under protected cultivation. The entomopathogenic fungi (EP...

    Authors: Harshdeep Singh and Neelam Joshi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:67
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  39. Cucumber powdery mildew disease caused by Podosphaera xanthii (Castagne) U. Braun & Shishkoff severe disease-causing yield losses worldwide. This research study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of the teste...

    Authors: Ehab A. D. Sarhan, Michael H. F. Abd-Elsyed and Azza M. Y. Ebrahiem
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:65
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  40. The present study was carried out in the agricultural areas of Northwestern Turkey with the purpose to assess the occurrence of Pasteuria spp. bacteria on plant-parasitic nematodes. The soil samples were collecte...

    Authors: Lerzan Öztürk, Tohid Behmand, Gürkan Güvenç Avcı, Refik Bozbuğa, Mustafa Mirik and İbrahim Halil Elekcioğlu
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:64
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  41. Compatibility of entomopathogenic fungi (EPFs) viz. Verticillium lecanii, Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana with Azadirachta indica extract (alone and in combinations) was evaluated against 2nd instar...

    Authors: Muhammad Asif Farooq, Bilal Atta, Muhammad Dildar Gogi, Muhammad Jalal Arif and Qurban Ali Arain
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:63
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  42. Indigenous entomopathogenic nematode, Heterorhabditis pakistanensis, NBAIR H-05 strain was evaluated against diapausing larvae of the Codling moth, Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) at 3 different dos...

    Authors: Mohammad Jamal Ahmad, Sajad Mohiudin, Tarique Hassan Askary and Jagadeesh Patil
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:62
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  43. This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of Enterobacter cloacae PS14 and Trichoderma asperellum T34 in the control of potato wilt, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith), under greenhouse and field conditio...

    Authors: Bereika F. F. Mohamed, Nashwa M. A. Sallam, Saad A. M. Alamri, Kamal A. M. Abo-Elyousr, Yasser S. Mostafa and Mohamed Hashem
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:61
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  44. The present study was performed to assess the individual and combined potential of 3 different concentrations of Trichoderma sp. (Ts) and Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) to control brinjal insect pests. Tested formul...

    Authors: Ahmad Nawaz, Muhammad Dildar Gogi, Muhammad Naveed, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Sufyan, Muhammad Binyameen, Shams Ul Islam, Muhammad Waseem, Muhammad Bilal Ayyub, Muhammad Jalal Arif and Habib Ali
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:60
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  45. The South American tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is a newly introduced and a major threat of tomato production in Ethiopia. Laboratory bioassay was conducted to evalua...

    Authors: Birhan Aynalem Ayele, Diriba Muleta, Juan Venegas and Fassil Assefa
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:59
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  47. Land plants exist in close association with bacterial and fungal microbes, where some associations can be pathogenic and others can be mutualistic/beneficial. One such relation exists between host plant, Cuminum ...

    Authors: Ridhdhi Rathore, Dinesh N. Vakharia and Dheeraj Singh Rathore
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:57
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  48. The present study aimed to identify, characterize, and evaluate native chitinolytic rhizobacteria as biocontrol potential against pigeon pea wilt disease, caused by Fusarium udum. A total of 53 isolated rhizobact...

    Authors: Ajinath Dukare, Sangeeta Paul and Asha Arambam
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:56
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  49. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are a group of biological control agents that are characterized by their ability to search for hosts, safety to non-target insects and environment, and their ability to be use...

    Authors: Etr H. K. Khashaba, Reda E. A. Moghaieb, Amany M. Abd El Azim and Sanaa A. M. Ibrahim
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:55
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  50. Following publication of the original article (Mansoor and Shad 2020), the author’s flagged that the article had published with two errors.

    Authors: Muhammad M. Mansoor and Sarfraz A. Shad
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:52
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    The original article was published in Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2020 30:23

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