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  1. The two biological control methods, inherited sterility technique (IST) and Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), are considered as the two promising methods for lepidopteran pest management. Simultaneous treatment with b...

    Authors: Waheed A. A. Sayed, Reda Sayed Hassan and Thanaa Mohamed Sileem
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:102
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  2. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) have a great potential as a biocontrol agent for a wide range of insect pests. EPNs have attracted much interest around the world to study their distribution, virulence, and u...

    Authors: Mai Ali, Nada Allouf and Mohammad Ahmad
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:101
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  3. The Conopidae are an interesting family of small- to large-sized endoparasitic flies, commonly known as thick-headed flies. These flies have been proposed as potential biological control agents of invasive soc...

    Authors: Magdi S. A. El-Hawagry, Belkacem A. Boulaouad, Ahmed M. Soliman, Ayman M. Ebrahim and Hathal M. Al Dhafer
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:100
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  4. The greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), is among the most important wax pests economically. In the larval stage, the pest feeds on honeycomb wax and seriously damages the combs that...

    Authors: Dönüş Gençer and Zeynep Bayramoğlu
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:99
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  5. The invasive barnacle scale, Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock (Hemiptera: Coccidae), is a pest native to South America and the Caribbean islands that has recently emerged as a serious threat to agricultural, ...

    Authors: Mahesh B. Gaikwad, Santosh C. Kedar, Dayanand C. Kalyani and Pathour R. Shashank
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:98
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  6. The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a devastating pest of maize, difficult to manage using a single pest management tactic. The entomopathogenic fungus (EPF),

    Authors: G. Kiruthiga, S. Jeyarani, N. Sathiah, M. Murugan, U. Sivakumar and D. Uma
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:97
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  7. Buxus sempervirens (Boxwood) is a type of plant that has economic and cultural significance, danger of extinction due to various factors. Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), an invasive...

    Authors: Elif Tozlu, Göksel Tozlu, Recep Kotan, Nasibe Tekiner, Fatih Dadaşoğlu and Temel Göktürk
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:96
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  8. Entomopathogenic fungi (EPFs) have more important role in biological control of the important insect pests. In the present study 15 EPF isolates, selected from the EPF culture collection, were identified using...

    Authors: Seher Uçar, Turgut Atay and Yusuf Yanar
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:95
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  10. Studying the diversity of the indigenous entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) is a prerequisite to effective insect pest control. The distribution and occurrence of EPF from the soil across Nigeria were evaluated. Thr...

    Authors: Mohammed Nuru Yakubu, Mohammed Auwal Ladan, Fatima Ali Deba, Safiya Isma’il, Usman Sa’id Haruna, Habiba Usman Aliyu, Ahmad Abdulhameed and Fatima Tahir
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:93
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  11. The African Migratory Locust, Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), is a major threat to agricultural crops and food security on a worldwide scale; hence, maintaini...

    Authors: Jihan Muhammad, Zeinab Fathy and Saad Moussa
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:92
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  12. The wheat stink bug, Aelia rostrata Boheman (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is one of the harmful insects that caused significant product losses in cereals due to outbreaks. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are natur...

    Authors: Aydın Peçen and İlker Kepenekci
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:91
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  13. The experiments were conducted at Research Farm, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India. Infectivity and effectiveness of entomopathogenic nematode (EPN), Steinernema asiaticum infec...

    Authors: Rajesh Kumar, Shalini Pandey and Ram Singh
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:90
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  14. The European tent caterpillar Malacosoma neustria Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae), a worldwide pest, feeds on a wide variety of woody and shrub-like plants in its larval stage and causes extensive eco...

    Authors: Elif Fatma Topkara, Oğuzhan Yanar, Funda Sahin, Yusuf Yanar and Dürdane Yanar
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:89
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  15. India is the world's leading producer of coconuts. Many biotic and abiotic constrains limit global palm yield and among the biotic factors, the coconut rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros (L.) (Coleoptera: Scar...

    Authors: M. Sujithra, M. Rajkumar, Priyank Hanuman Mhatre and Govindharaj Guru-Pirasanna-Pandi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:88
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  16. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) belonging to the Heterorhabditis spp. harbour symbiotically associated bacteria which are toxic to a wide range of insect pests. Isolation, purification, characterization and mas...

    Authors: M. N. Ashwini, Haseena Bhaskar, Deepu Mathew, M. R. Shylaja and D. Girija
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:87
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  17. The tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is a serious pest of solanaceous plant species, mainly Solanum lycopersicum L. The entomopathogenic fungi, an alternative to chemical inse...

    Authors: Gurmeet Kour Bali, Sanjay K. Singh, Deepak Kumar Maurya, Fehim Jeelani Wani and Radhakrishnan Sitaram Pandit
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:86
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  18. Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) is an entomopathogenic fungus that has potential as a biological control agent against many insect pests. This study was conducted to optimize the conditi...

    Authors: Ibrahima Camara, Kaili Cao, Rouguiatou Sangbaramou, Peipei Wu, Wangpeng Shi and Shuqian Tan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:85
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  19. Effects of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF); Beauveria bassiana, Isaria fumosorosea and Pupureocillium lilacinum against tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), which is one of the most ...

    Authors: Gürsel Karaca, Alime Bayındır Erol, Burcu Açıloğlu Çığgın, Hatice Acarbulut and İsmail Karaca
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:84
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  20. Entomopathogenic nematodes of the genera Heterorhabditis and Steinernema are widely used as biocontrol agents against diverse insect pests. Their association with symbiont bacteria is found to be the primary caus...

    Authors: April Lyn Leonar, Prakaijan Nimkingrat, Sitaram Aryal, Joey Genevieve Martinez, Aashaq Hussain Bhat and Nanette Hope Sumaya
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:83
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  21. Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is the dominant pest on the stored products throughout the world. As an alternative to chemical insecticides, entomopathogens can be natur...

    Authors: Mustafa Yaman, Tuğba Sağlam and Ömer Ertürk
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:82
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  22. The lethal effects of different entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) and nematodes (EPN) on the pupae of the Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) were investigated in a two-...

    Authors: Asiye Uzun Yiğit, Fatma Gül Göze Özdemir, Ozan Demirözer and Tufan Nayır
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:81
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  23. The biological diversity on planet earth is declining day by day, due to different factors such as excessive applications of pesticides. The utilization of chemical pesticides affected environment as well as m...

    Authors: Preety Tomar, Neelam Thakur and Ajar Nath Yadav
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:80
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  24. Domestication usually has negative effects on insect performance, especially when they are reared continuously for many generations. Rejuvenation can reduce the negative effects of domestication in the parasit...

    Authors: Ehsan Ghaemmaghami, Yaghoub Fathipour, Abdoolnabi Bagheri, Ali Asghar Talebi and Gadi V. P. Reddy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:79
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  25. Honeybees are one of the most important pollinators in the world, and their products are nowadays included in most anticancer, antiallergic, antimicrobial drugs and are included in cosmetic treatments. In the ...

    Authors: Heba Seyam, Amr A. A. Metwally, Ayman H. El-Deeb, Sawsan El-Mohandes, Mohamed S. Badr and Emtithal M. Abd-El-Samie
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:78
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  26. Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (syn. Pseudomonas solanacearum) is the most devastating bacterial disease of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) occurring in tropical zones with consequential substan...

    Authors: Diane Yimta Youmbi, Pierre Eke, Lanvin Rochal Kepngop Kouokap, Vanessa Nya Dinango, Gilbert Ghomsi Tamghe, Louise Nana Wakam and Fabrice Fekam Boyom
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:77
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  28. This study was conducted to investigate host stage preference and demographic parameters of the parasitoid species, Leptomastix dactylopii Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), the parasitoid of vine mealybug Planoco...

    Authors: Murat Muştu, Feyza Nur Derya and Betül Tarhanacı
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:75
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  29. In the present study, detection, characterization and virulence analysis of a field collected nucleopolyhedrovirus isolated from the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) was ca...

    Authors: Yasmein A. El Sayed, Samy Sayed, Aml Magdy and Wael Elmenofy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:74
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  30. The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), was recorded for the first time in Pakistan in 2019, and now it has spread in several regions, i.e., Punjab and Sindh, affecting mai...

    Authors: Noshaba Mubeen, Asma Khalid, Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Nimra Altaf, Muhammad Arshad, Laiba Amin, Qudsia Talat, Abeera Sadaf and Farwa
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:73
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  31. Cold storage of reared natural enemies is important in terms of planning the release time and quantity, eliminating unpredicted demand increases, and reducing production costs. However, the tolerance of reared...

    Authors: Berivan Keser, Mahmut Mete Karaca and Kamil Karut
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:72
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  32. The baculovirus Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpliNPV) is an entomopathogenic virus utilized as a biological control agent of the Egyptian cotton leaf worm, Spodoptera littoralis. Several studies ha...

    Authors: Saoussen Ben Tiba, Asma Laarif, Jörg T. Wennmann, Thameur Bouslama and Johannes A. Jehle
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:71
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  33. The plant pathogenic fungi, Alternaria solani and Fusarium oxysporum, are considered among the fungal pathogens which cause severe damages to tomato plants. The application of chemicals fungicides reduced fungal ...

    Authors: Asmaa Ahmed Alharbi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:70
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  34. The blast disease of rice caused by the fungus Magnaphorthe oryzae is one of the most destructive diseases in Nam Dinh province, Vietnam. This study aimed to isolate and screen antagonistic bacteria isolated from...

    Authors: Quang Trung Do
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:69
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  35. The genus Acletoxenus (tribe Gitonini, subfamily Steganinae, family Drosophilidae) is a small widespread genus, comprising only four species worldwide, namely: Acletoxenus indicus Malloch, 1929, A. quadristriatus

    Authors: Maha Salah Eldin Nada, Ayman Mohey Eldin Ebrahim and Magdi Shaaban Ali El-Hawagry
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:68
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  36. The black cutworm, Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is considered as one of the most destructive pests of many field crops in Egypt. Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) have long been accepted as rel...

    Authors: Adel Anwar Ismail Ahmed, Shimaa Sayed Hassan Khalil and Ahmed Farahat Sahab
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:67
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  37. Sainfoin, alfalfa and clover are important forage crop plants in terms of their food value, efficiency and adaptation capabilities. Cymbalophora rivularis (Menetries, 1832) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) causes signific...

    Authors: Elif Tozlu, Göksel Tozlu and Recep Kotan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:66
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  38. Virulence of the entomopathogenic nematode, Heterorhabditis indica against larvae (3rd, 4th and 5th larval instars) and pupae of citrus fruit piercing moth, Eudocima materna L. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) was evaluat...

    Authors: K. Kiran Kumar, A. George, G. T. Behere, Yogesh E. Thorat, Datta Ingle and Dharmendra P. Sinh
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:65
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  39. The notorious invasive pest fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), native to Americas entered the Asian continent and was first time reported on maize from India in 2018. The ...

    Authors: Palam Pradeep, Sharanabasappa S. Deshmukh, C. M. Kalleshwaraswamy and S. Jesu Rajan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:64
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  40. Rangpur lime (RL) is a common rootstock cultivar used worldwide. However, it is known to have a high susceptibility to citrus canker (CC). To meet the increasing demand for healthy citrus seedlings, this resea...

    Authors: Yogi Adhi Nugroho, Suharjono Suharjono and Sri Widyaningsih
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:63
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  41. Brown spot disease is one of the most destructive foliar diseases of rice. Biological control of this disease is considered more environmentally safe, but the biological control agents have limited availabilit...

    Authors: Yosep Seran Mau, Rikardus Suhendra Prayetno, Habil Kaka, Kiki Delfiyanti Naat, Julinda Bendalina Dengga Henuk, Mayavira Veronica Hahuly, Sri Widinugraheni and Yosefina Rovina Yuliaty Gandut
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:62
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  42. Use of chemical pesticides for controlling viral disease in different crops leads to the development of various problems, viz. residue in sprayed crop, pest resistance, pest resurgence and environmental pollut...

    Authors: Manmohan Dhkal, Abhishek Sharma and Sat Pal Sharma
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:61
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  43. The effect of Aspergillus spp. and Trichoderma harzianum isolates was evaluated against the growth of Fusarium oxysporum, F. solani, Pythium ultimum and Phytophthora citrophthora affecting peach seedlings.

    Authors: Sabrine Mannai and Naima Boughalleb-M’Hamdi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:60
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  44. The cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is an economic pest on various crops worldwide. Farmers generally used to apply chemical pesticides to control the pest. The bio-co...

    Authors: Mürşide Yağcı, Cenk Yücel, F. Dolunay Erdoğuş, Gökhan Benk and İlker Kepenekci
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:59
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  45. Bombyliidae (bee flies) are one of the largest dipterous families in Saudi Arabia with 116 hitherto recorded species. Larvae of these flies are predators or parasitoids of different stages of other insects in ...

    Authors: Magdi El-Hawagry, Areej A. Al-Khalaf, Ahmed M. Soliman, Mahmoud S. Abdel-Dayem and Hathal M. Al Dhafer
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:58
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  46. Attraction and oviposition preference of the green lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea (Steph.) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), in response to prey availability in an ovipositional site was studied. The study aimed to invest...

    Authors: Mubasshir Sohail, Shah Rukh Ali, Raza Muhammad, Muhammad Aslam Bukero, Noman Khalid and Qadeer Ahmed Soomro
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:57
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  47. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Berliner is an omnipresent soil bacterium used as world’s leading biopesticide to combat agriculturally important insect pests. This study was aimed at protein and gene profiling of an...

    Authors: R. Naga Sri Navya, V. Balasubramani, M. Raveendran, M. Murugan and A. Lakshmanan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:56
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  48. Endophytic bacteria have been demonstrated to be one of the most potentially important biocontrol agents for their efficiently improved plant growth and protection of host plants from infection by phytopathoge...

    Authors: Lanmeng Wang, Na Xi, Duoyong Lang, Li Zhou, Yajuan Zhang and Xinhui Zhang
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:55
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  49. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) (Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae) and their symbiotic bacteria are pathogenic for a wide range of insect pests and have been used successfully as a biological control a...

    Authors: Ebubekir Yüksel, Mustafa Imren, Esengül Özdemir, Refik Bozbuğa and Ramazan Canhilal
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:54
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  50. The red palm weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), overruns date palm ranches in most Oases of Saudi Arabia and causes massive economic losses. Integrated pest management (IPM) of t...

    Authors: Najeeb M. Almasoudi, Khalid A. Asiry and Kamal A. M. Abo-Elyousr
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:52
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