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  1. Poplar fungal infections are difficult to control and result in severe economic loss. As a viable alternative to chemical pesticides, biocontrol is an effective safe method for disease control.

    Authors: Ghada E. Dawwam and Amira E. Sehim
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:144
  2. The indiscriminate use of synthetic insecticides is not affordable and poses collateral damage to humans, non-target organisms, and environmental health. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a cosmopolitan, antagonisti...

    Authors: Rajadurai Gothandaraman, Balasubramani Venkatasamy, Tamilnayagan Thangavel, Kokiladevi Eswaran and Mohankumar Subbarayalu
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:143
  3. The flower thrips, Frankliniella schultzei Trybom (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is a notorious pest that attacks the plants of economic importance. The anthocorid bug Blaptostethus pallescens Poppius (Heteroptera: An...

    Authors: K. Sundaravalli, Richa Varshney, A. Kandan and K. Revathi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:142
  4. The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a notorious polyphagous pest that has recently invaded India in 2018. Within a short period, this pest has spread throughout the...

    Authors: Swati P. Shinde, D. B. Ingole, V. K. Biradar, Nandini Gokte-Narkhedkar, N. V. Lavhe, Shivaji H. Thube, Vivek Shah and Y. G. Prasad
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:141
  5. The western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Heteroptera: Coreidae), is one of the major pest in seed orchards of various conifers, significantly affects pine seed production and causes econ...

    Authors: Ardahan Eski, Seda Biryol, Ozden Acici and İsmail Demir
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:140
  6. Among the phytosanitary problems, affecting tomato crops in greenhouses heated by geothermal water in southern Tunisia, the tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is gaining promine...

    Authors: Sabrine Chouikhi, Besma Hamrouni Assadi, KaoutharGrissa Lebdi and Mohamed Sadok Belkadhi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:139
  7. The inadvertent observation of a substantial population reduction of greenhouse whiteflies infecting Salvia divinorum plants grown in a polyhouse sparked a flurry of inquiries on the cause of the population decli...

    Authors: Amit Umesh Paschapur, A. R. N. S. Subbanna, Ashish Kumar Singh, B. Jeevan, Johnson Stanley, H. Rajashekara, Krishna Kant Mishra, Prasanna S. Koti, Lakshmi Kant and Arunava Pattanayak
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:138
  8. The root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne spp., are one of the most dominant and dangerous group of pests. The deformations and discolorations make tubers unmarketable and/or of less quality. Therefore, management of M...

    Authors: Hamida A. I. Osman, Hoda H. Ameen, Mostafa M. A. Hammam, Ghada M. El-Sayed, Usama Samy Elkelany and Mahfouz M. M. Abd-Elgawad
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:137
  9. American foulbrood (AFB) is one of the potent and highly contagious bacterial diseases affecting honeybees of Apis mellifera and A. cerana species. Paenibacillus larvae larvae (P. l. larvae) is the causative agen...

    Authors: Fatma Mahmoud, Eman E. Essa, Rasha M. A. Farag, Akila M. El Shafei, Ahmed S. Abou zeid, Hayam A. E. Sayed and Shireen A. M. Ma’moun
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:136
  10. The tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a major pest of tomato plants threatening global tomato production. The control of the pest is becoming increasingly difficult due to t...

    Authors: Ebubekir Yüksel
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:135
  11. Scaeva pyrastri (L.) (Diptera: Syrphidae) is a large-size Palaearctic region syrphid fly. The larval stage of S. pyrastri is aphidophagous in nature, while the adults are efficient pollinators of various crops. T...

    Authors: Shivani Palial, S. C. Verma, P. L. Sharma, R. S. Chandel, Rakesh Kumar, Meenu Gupta, Nidhi Sharma and Priyanka Sharma
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:134
  12. Stem rot caused by Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. is a major nuisance in groundnut production, causing substantial yield losses in almost all groundnut-growing areas around the world. Biological control is regarded as ...

    Authors: A. U. Akash, V. Ramya, G. Uma Devi, S. N. C. V. L. Pushpavalli and S. Triveni
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:133
  13. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is the causal agent of white mould, stem and head rot diseases on a wide variety, including cabbage in the field and storage. Control of this pathogen by using commercial disease manageme...

    Authors: K. Sivagnanapazham, M. Karthikeyan, T. Raguchander, R. Swarna Priya and A. Kamalakannan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:132
  14. The Rugose spiraling whitefly (RSW), Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), has been reported as an invasive pest of coconut in different parts of peninsular India during 2016. It mainly cau...

    Authors: K. Elango, N. Arun kumar and V. Dhanasekar
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:131
  15. Soil biocontrol streptomycetes are considered as ecofriendly agents, which inhibit the growth of multiple fungal pathogens. In addition, the majority of species are considered non-plant pathogenic, and they ar...

    Authors: Diana Elizabeth Rios-Muñiz and Zahaed Evangelista-Martínez
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:130
  16. Native endophytes from maize could play a vital role in plant protection and growth promotion. The present study was undertaken to elucidate the effect of soil types and different maize varieties on culturable...

    Authors: Haichun Cun, Shahzad Munir, Pengfei He, Yixin Wu, Pengbo He, Ayesha Ahmed, Hongbing Che, Jian Li and Yueqiu He
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:129
  17. Two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) incidence is a major constraint in vegetable cultivation. The indiscriminate use of acaricides is causing environmental threat and also residual...

    Authors: V. P. Abarna and R. Vishnupriya
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:128
  18. Authors: Nadia Gameel El-Gamal, Nehal Samy El-Mougy, Mohamed Saied Ali Khalil and Mokhtar Mohamed Abdel-Kader
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:127

    The original article was published in Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:109

  19. Limited number of control methods against root-lesion nematodes has increased the search for alternative management strategies. Due to secondary metabolites such as toxins and enzymes secreted by the entomopat...

    Authors: Fatma Gül Göze Özdemir, Asiye Uzun Yiğit and Ozan Demirözer
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:126
  20. The geothermal greenhouses in Southern Tunisia are an important axis of agricultural development. This sector faces many abiotic and biotic constraints that could threat its sustainability. Thus, the heated gr...

    Authors: Sabrine Chouikhi, Besma Hamrouni Assadi, Kaouthar Grissa Lebdi and Mohamed Sadok Belkadhi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:125
  21. Stethorini are specialized mite predators in the family Coccinellidae, which are small with black body and brown or yellow colored appendages. This study aimed to survey species of Stethorini associated with p...

    Authors: C. V. Vidya, Haseena Bhaskar, R. Chaitanya and Deepu Mathew
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:124
  22. Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris is one of the potential threats to chickpea cultivation as it causes greater a yield loss under favorable conditions. Management of this disease is difficult because of its soil-b...

    Authors: K. Venkataramanamma, B. V. Bhaskara Reddy, R. Sarada Jayalakshmi, V. Jayalakshmi and L. Rajendran
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:123
  23. Eublemma amabilis Moore (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is an important pest of lac insect, Kerria spp. (Hemiptera: Tachardiidae: Coccoidea) causing up to 20–25% damage of lac and its encrustation, which has immense ind...

    Authors: Purnima Das, Binita Borah, Priyanka Saikia, Lakshmi Kanta Hazarika, K. K. Sharma, A. Mohanasundaram, Robin Chandra Boro, Ratna Kalita and Trishnamoni Gautom
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:122
  24. Wheat sheath blight, caused by Rhizoctonia cerealis, is a popular fungal disease that causes serious harm to wheat production. Biological control can offer the safe and effective method to control wheat diseases.

    Authors: Yanjie Yi, Yang Liu, Pengyu Luan, Zhipeng Hou, Yanhui Yang, Ruifang Li, Zhenpu Liang, Xiaoxia Zhang and Shulei Liu
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:121
  25. Microbial biological control agents are gaining worldwide attention to manage insect pests as an alternative to synthetic insecticides. Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) meet eco-friendly pest management’s demand s...

    Authors: G. S. Jamunarani, S. H. Ramanagouda, B. Venkateshalu, J. Jayappa, Gunnaiah Raghavendra, D. L. Rudresh, M. S. Kulkarni, B. N. Naika Mahantesha and J. B. Gopali
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:120
  26. The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is an endemic destructive pest for several cultivars in America and recently in Africa and Asia. Due to the development of pest...

    Authors: R. M. Sayed, S. S. Ibrahim and H. M. K. H. El-Gepaly
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:119
  27. The predatory mite, Blattisocius mali Oudemans (Mesostigmata: Blattisociidae), feeds on various species of storage mites such as Tyrophagous putresentiae (Schrank). In this study, life table parameters and consum...

    Authors: Faeze Asgari, Seyed Ali Safavi and Hamid Reza Sarraf Moayeri
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:118
  28. Western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Hemiptera: Coreidae), is an invasive polyphagous pest of coniferous trees. It causes serious economic losses in pine kernel production. Biocontrol of...

    Authors: Hilal Tunca Cosic, Elisabeth Tabone, Damla Çaycı, Benjamin Cosic, Özgür Toprak and Akın Emin
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:117
  29. Yellow (stripe) rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), is an economic disease of wheat. Growth-promoting fungi (GPF) such as Trichoderma asperellum and Penicillium simplicissimum have been inv...

    Authors: Samar Mohamed Esmail, Ibrahim Sobhy Draz, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Sahar Mumtaz and Mohsen Mohamed Elsharkawy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:116
  30. Avocado “tristeza,” a disease caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi, is one of the main limiting factors of avocado production in the Caribbean region. To control the pathogen, the application of agrochemicals is requ...

    Authors: Donicer E. Montes Vergara, Adrian Barboza-García and Alexander Pérez-Cordero
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:115
  31. The banana stem weevil, Odoiporus longicollis (Olivier), is a serious threat to banana cultivation world over. Since banana is a food crop, the use of naturally infecting biological control agents could be an eff...

    Authors: Velavan Viswakethu, Vinitha Ramasamy, Saranya Krishnamoorthy, Thilakshana Segar, Aravindh Ramaraj, Muhammed Aboobacker Kuttithodika, Baskar Narayanasamy, Padmanaban Balakrishnan and Rangeshwaran Rajagopal
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:114
  32. The life history and predation rate of the ladybird beetle, Harmonia dimidiata Fabricius (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) were compared at four different temperatures (16, 20, 24, and 28 °C). The beetles were fed on t...

    Authors: Javed Khan, Ashraf Khan, Nazeer Ahmed, Sadeq K. Alhag, Abdulrahman A. Almadiy, Samy Sayed, Pravej Alam and Farman Ullah
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:113
  33. Soil-borne plant pathogenic fungi with a wide host range of crops cause a significant limitation on the global production of agronomic crops. Applications of synthetic pesticides are an important tool for mana...

    Authors: Gamal A. M. Ghanem, Doha A. S. Gebily, Mona M. Ragab, Ayat M. Ali, Nour El-Deen K. Soliman and Tawfik H. Abd El-Moity
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:112
  34. Root-knot nematodes (RKNs) cause severe losses in kiwifruit-growing regions. The endophytic bacteria could be biological agents for nematodes management. The aim of this study was the isolation and identificat...

    Authors: Seyedeh Najmeh Banihashemian, Salar Jamali, Morteza Golmohammadi and Mahmood Ghasemnezhad
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:111
  35. The Toad grasshopper pest, Bufonacris claraziana (Saussure) (Orthoptera: Tristiridae) is an endemic species of the Argentine Patagonia region. Among the Tristiridae family, it is the only species recognized as ha...

    Authors: Yanina Mariottini, Carlos E. Lange and Sebastian E. Pelizza
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:110
  36. Stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici Pers is one of the most devastating fungal foliar diseases, and causes substantial yield losses to wheat crops cultivated under field conditions. This study aim...

    Authors: Nadia Gameel El-Gamal, Nehal Samy El-Mougy, Mohamed Saied Ali Khalil and Mokhtar Mohamed Abdel-Kader
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:109

    The Correction to this article has been published in Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:127

  37. Atrijuglans hetaohei (Yang) (Lepidoptera, Heliodinidae) is a major pest of walnut in China. Larvae feed on the seeds of walnut fruit. Damaged fruits turned black and fallen prematurely. Current management relies ...

    Authors: Ziyan NanGong, Wanbin Chen, Anbang Zhang, Wenxuan Gu, Ping Song and Qinying Wang
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:108
  38. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) have been regarded as the most convenient strategy for insect pest management. The native strains of EPNs: Heterorhabditis bacteriophora EUPT-SD, H. bacteriophora EUPT-R, H. bact...

    Authors: Preety Tomar and Neelam Thakur
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:107
  39. The rugose spiraling whitefly (RSW), Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), an exotic polyphagous pest and its infestation was documented on coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) for the first time in...

    Authors: A. Sandeep, K. Selvaraj, C. M. Kalleshwaraswamy, B. C. Hanumanthaswamy and H. B. Mallikarjuna
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:106
  40. This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of plant growth-promoting microbes on the foliar disease of organic tomatoes under protected cultivation. The biological control agents, viz., Trichoderma harz...

    Authors: Gurudatt M. Hegde, Lokanath H. Malligawad, M. N. Sreenivasa and Bimal K. Chetri
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:105
  41. Entomopathogenic fungi are a potential biological control agent for many pests. In this study, 14 native Beauveria bassiana isolates were molecularly identified and assessed for their virulence and mortality agai...

    Authors: Ismail Erper, Kibar Ak, Muharrem Turkkan, Elif Yildirim, Mehtap Alkan and Goksel Ozer
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:104
  42. Topical application of the entomopathogenic fungi (EPFs) against Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae is less effective due to larvae hiding in the corn midribs in the field. To contro...

    Authors: Jelly Milinia Puspita Sari, Siti Herlinda and Suwandi Suwandi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:103
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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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