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  1. Leveillula taurica is an obligate pathogen that causes powdery mildew on chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) which is considered one of the most serious diseases for the crop.

    Authors: Mohamed A. M. Hussein, Ahmed M. K. Abdel-Aal, Muhyaddin J. Rawa, Magdi A. A. Mousa, Yasser M. M. Moustafa and Kamal A. M. Abo-Elyousr
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:114
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  2. Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) is the major devastating disease worldwide, which leads to substantial economic losses (up to 100%) to yield and fruits quality produced of squash plants. Application of agro-p...

    Authors: Gamal A. M. Ghanem, Ahmed M. A. Mahmoud, Ahmed A. Kheder, Doha A. S. Gebily and Asmaa Osamy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:113
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  3. Anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, is the most dangerous fungal disease of greater yam (Dioscorea alata L.), and leads to significant crop loss. Microbial technology in cropping systems is cur...

    Authors: Amrutha Pandirikkal Ravindran, Jeeva Muthulekshmi Lajapathy, Sreelatha Gopalakrishnan Lalithakumari, Akhil Kannolickal Mohan, Tom Cyriac and Shilpa Sreekumar Usha
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:112
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  4. Gonioctena fornicata (Brüggemann, 1873) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) inflicts substantial crop damage by consuming alfalfa leaves. The main aim of the study was to develop an efficient, sustainable control method ...

    Authors: Aydemir Barış
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:111
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  5. Pastures are susceptible to attacks from various species of insects, with Cercopidae being one of the main responsible pests. The species Mahanarva fimbriolata has a wide distribution in the Eastern region of Par...

    Authors: H. Sarubbi, G. Resquín-Romero and I. Garrido-Jurado
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:110
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  6. Due to the soilborne and tuber-borne nature of their causative agents, Fusarium wilt, Rhizoctonia root canker and black dot diseases are still leading to serious problems in potato production in Tunisia and wo...

    Authors: Hayfa Jabnoun-Khiareddine, Rania Aydi-Ben-Abdallah and Mejda Daami-Remadi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:109
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  7. Food demand is directly associated with the human population. Due to various plant diseases, there has been a reduction in crop yield. There is an extreme necessity to low such losses in crop yield to meet the...

    Authors: Aneela Nawaz, Sabeena Zafar, Muqaddas Shahzadi, Sayed Muhammad Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, Nasir Khan, Aamer Ali Shah, Malik Badshah and Samiullah Khan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:108
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  8. Entomopathogenic fungi, representing a class of microbial agent, have been widely used in the field of pest management. The objective of this work was to isolate different species of fungi and to evaluate thei...

    Authors: Yu-Chen Pu, Zong-Wei Zheng, Can-Hui Ding and Xian-De Chen
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:107
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  9. Postharvest diseases cause a wide loss to tomato fruits during handling and storing from harvest to consumers. Fungicides are mainly used to control postharvest diseases. Biological control is the eco-friendly...

    Authors: Naglaa A. Taha, Mohsen Mohamed Elsharkawy, Aya A. Shoughy, Mohamed K. El-Kazzaz and Amr A. Khedr
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:106
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  10. Agriculture is the backbone of developing countries, which plays an essential role in primary drivers of economy. The increasing use of chemical fertilizers and toxic insecticides endangers the health of human...

    Authors: Rajeshwari Negi, Babita Sharma, Simranjeet Kaur, Tanvir Kaur, Sofia Sharief Khan, Sanjeev Kumar, Seema Ramniwas, Sarvesh Rustagi, Sangram Singh, Ashutosh Kumar Rai, Divjot Kour, Neelam Thakur and Ajar Nath Yadav
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:105
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  11. The sunflower plants are attacked by serious seed and soil-borne pathogens including charcoal rot disease that caused by Macrophomina phaseolina. This disease has serious damages to sunflower crop. This study aim...

    Authors: Waleed Khalid Ahmed, Hutaf A. A. Alsalim, Ashwaq Talip Mohammed and Hiba Mohammed Youssef
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:104
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  13. Fall armyworm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) Lepidoptera: Noctuidae is an invasive polyphagous pest that causes severe damage to several agricultural crops. The use of pesticides is limited because of t...

    Authors: J. Karshanal and Vinay Kumari Kalia
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:102
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  14. Tea weevil, Myllocerinus aurolineatus Voss (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is an important insect pest in Chinese tea plantations. The primary method for controlling tea weevils involves the use chemical pesticides....

    Authors: Nanxia Fu, Tiekuang Wang, Qiurong Li, Zongxiu Luo, Zhaoqun Li, Lei Bian, Chunli Xiu, Zongmao Chen and Xiaoming Cai
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:101
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  15. Fruits are the main important agricultural commodity, but very susceptible in terms of postharvest losses (PHL) due to diseases by microbial pathogens. Recently, there has been increased interest in countermea...

    Authors: Toga Pangihotan Napitupulu
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:100
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  16. The susceptibility of pests and natural enemies to conventional insecticides is a critical element in judging the success of integrated pest management programs implementing biological control as a tactic. In ...

    Authors: Yasmin Adel Fergani, Elsayed Abd Elhameed Refaei, Neven Mohamed Faiz and Heba Mohamed Hamama
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:99
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  17. Compared to Bollgard-I, the utilization of Cry2Ab protein in Bollgard-II cotton cultivars enhances insect control. Field and laboratory studies demonstrated reduction in the numbers of bollworm-infested termin...

    Authors: P. Likhitha, D. B. Undirwade, U. S. Kulkarni, A. V. Kolhe and M. P. Moharil
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:98
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  18. Bacterial leaf blight (BLB) disease caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is one of the most destructive pathogens responsible for severe yield losses in rice. Application of bacterial biocontrol agent (B...

    Authors: Trung Quang Do, Tri Trong Nguyen and Van Mai Dinh
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:97
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  19. Entomopathogenic fungi are an important biological agent in integrated pest management, playing a critical role in controlling insect populations. In the present study, the sublethal effects of the entomopatho...

    Authors: Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Muqadas Qadeer, Muhammad Arshad, Samina Khalid, Usman Saleem, Muhammad Asam Riaz, Amina Mumtaz, Muhammad Rizwan, Samy M. Sayed, Seham Sater Alhelaify, Ohoud Muslat Alharthy and Muntazir Mushtaq
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:96
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  20. One of the primary corn diseases, banded leaf and sheath blight, is carried on by the pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani. Efforts to control R. solani are more directed at environmentally friendly control using...

    Authors: Hishar Mirsam, Suriani, Sri Kurniawati, Oky Dwi Purwanto, Amran Muis, Syahrir Pakki, A. Tenrirawe, Nurnina Nonci, Herawati, Muslimin and Muhammad Azrai
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:95
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  21. The most common soil-borne diseases in cotton are root rot and wilt, which are caused by Rhizoctonia solani (Taub) Butler and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum, respectively. These two diseases significantly ...

    Authors: Satish Kumar Sain, Hanwant Dewasi and Amarpreet Singh
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:94
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  22. The diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), is a serious and economically important pest of crucifers in Delhi, India. Larvae and pupae of the pest were collected from the cab...

    Authors: Hager M. M. Saleh, Debjani Dey and Bhoopal Singh Tomar
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:93
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  23. Augmentative biological control is a crucial component of Integrated Pest Management, and Orius laevigatus Fieber (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) is an important predator used commercially. However, the two-sex life ta...

    Authors: Dogancan Kahya
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:92
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  24. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and Trichoderma harzianum are effective bioagents against Fusarium oxysporum and Verticillium dahliae in tomato plants. The objective of the research was to evaluate the in vivo...

    Authors: A. Meddad-Hamza, F. Benzina, C. Meddad, N. Hamza, A. Reghmit, H. Ziane and H. Ksentini
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:91
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  25. Temperature alters host suitability for the development of parasitoids through direct (thermal effect) and indirect (parental effect) pathways. The effects of three temperature regimes on the development and s...

    Authors: Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Muhammad Arshad, Sajjad Ali, Hafiz Muhammad Aatif, Syed Muhammad Ali Zahid and Nimra Altaf
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:90
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  26. Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is one of the new alien destructive pests of maize and other 350 economic crops. The majority of farmers are still depended upon ...

    Authors: Hend O. Mohamed, A. H. El-Heneidy and Hassan F. Dahi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:89
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  27. Authors: G. K. Sujayanand, Sonika Pandey, R. Jagadeeswaran, Anup Chandra, Vaibhav Kumar, Sachin Dubey and Jyotirmay Dubey
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:88
    Content type: Publisher Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:76

  28. Authors: Fatemeh Ehteshami, Maryam Aleosfoor, Hossein Allahyari, Aurang Kavousi and Lida Fekrat
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:87
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    The original article was published in Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:2

  29. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a gram-positive bacterium responsible for the production of a wide variety of insecticidal Cry, Cyt, and Vip proteins with distinct insect specificities. The bioinsecticides derived...

    Authors: Huma Khurshid, Hafsa Zaheer, Fakhar-un-Nisa Yunus, Farkhanda Manzoor, Aasma Abdul Latif and Farzana Rashid
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:86
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  30. Effective management strategies are crucial in minimizing the adverse consequences associated with the leafhopper, Amrasca devastans (Dist.) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Economic limitations to entomopathogenic fun...

    Authors: Hai Nguyen Thi, Quynh Nhu Nguyen, Nhu Quynh Dang Thi, Ngoc Lam Nguyen and Anh Duy Do
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:85
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  31. Fusarium odoratissimum (Foc TR4) is a devastating fungal pathogen that causes Panama wilt in Cavendish banana, a high value crop that generates significant revenue. The excessive use of synthetic fungicides for d...

    Authors: Jonah Mae F. Taping, Bernadith T. Borja, Bryan Lloyd P. Bretaña, Maria Elena N. Tanabe and Ma. Teodora N. Cabasan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:84
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  32. Use of endophytic fungi, as pathogen control of Bipolaris maydis and Curvularia sp., is an alternative method of control without the use of synthetic pesticides that are more environmentally friendly. This study ...

    Authors: Ria Fauriah, Ernawati Djaya, Nurasiah Djaenuddin, Amran Muis and Nurnina Nonci
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:83
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  33. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is known as the most successful microbial insecticide worldwide used against lepidopteran insect pests in agriculture. Native Bacillus isolate VKK5 showing insecticidal activity agains...

    Authors: J. Karshanal and Vinay K. Kalia
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:82
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  34. The dark septate endophytes (DSE) are endophytic and non-mycorrhizal fungi with the ability to impact and control some plant pathogens and promote plant growth. The aim of this study was to investigate the eff...

    Authors: Cici Indriani Dalimunthe, Surono, Bonny Poernomo Wahyu Soekarno, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq Al-Ani, Abdul Munif, Catur Sriherwanto and Nicho Nurdebyandaru
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:81
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  35. Insect pests are a major cause for losses in agricultural systems, and it is reported that they alone cause up to 45% loss in annual food production. Alleviating the destructive upheaval caused by these six-le...

    Authors: Jabez Raju Battu, Karthik Somala, Yashaswini Gummudala, Shankara Sai Reddy Morthala, Karthik Ramappa, Anil Gadde and Nitika Negi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:80
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  36. Agriculture crops such as tomatoes and wheat are frequently targeted by insect pests which have a significant negative impact on the agricultural economies. The deployment of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) for t...

    Authors: Saad S. Mohamed El-Maraghy, Mohamed A. A. Abdel-Rahman, Shimaa Hassan Mohamed Hassan and Khalid A. Hussein
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:79
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  37. The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture in Saudi Arabia has begun funding some projects to set up some agricultural pest control programs. Therefore, it is very important to enumerate all the predac...

    Authors: Magdi El-Hawagry, Ahmed M. Soliman, Mahmoud S. Abdel-Dayem and Hathal M. Al Dhafer
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:78
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  38. The Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a cosmopolitan polyphagous pest that feeds on nearly 80 species of plants The pest can cause upto 100% damage to crops if neglected. It is also ...

    Authors: C. H. Sharanappa, M. Bheemanna, A. Prabhuraj, R. Naik Harischandra, M. Naik Nagaraj, N. Rao Saroja and B. Kariyanna
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:77
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  39. The gram pod borer (Helicoverpa armigera Hubner), Bihar hairy caterpillar (Spilosoma obliqua Walker), tobacco caterpillar (Spodoptera litura Fabricius) and root knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and Wh...

    Authors: G. K. Sujayanand, Sonika Pandey, R. Jagadeeswaran, Anup Chandra, Vaibhav Kumar, Sachin Dubey and Jyotirmay Dubey
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:76
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:88

  40. Trichoderma species are able to cause significant changes in the metabolism of host plants, by that means it trigger the plant growth and increasing plant defense to diverse fungal diseases. Trichoderma harzianum

    Authors: Sawssen Hlaiem, Islem Yangui, Olfa Ezzine and Mohamed Lahbib Ben Jamâa
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:75
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  41. Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is a devastating disease of brinjal in Bangladesh. The study was targeted to evaluate the bacterial wilt management ability of microbial consortia composed of isola...

    Authors: Most. Ummey Qulsum, Md. Mukul Islam, Md. Emran Khan Chowdhury, Sheikh Md. Mobarak Hossain and Md. Mohidul Hasan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:74
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  42. The cowpea aphid, Aphis craccivora Koch (Hemiptera: Aphidiidae) is a polyphagous aphid species that causes various damage on different crops. The conventional method of controlling this pest is the use synthetic ...

    Authors: Amine Akrich, Kada Righi, Fatiha Assia Righi and Abdelkader Elouissi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:73
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  43. Coffee is an important plantation crop in Indonesia. The coffee cultivation process was disrupted due to the fungus Hemileia vastatrix which causes rust disease. Biological control has the potential to suppress d...

    Authors: Nur Kholida Wulansari, Nur Prihatiningsih, Dewanti Risa Utami, Wiyantono Wiyantono and Agus Riyanto
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:72
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  44. Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis (Cmm) is causing wilt and canker and significant economic losses in tomato production. Current control methods with conventional chemicals or antibiotics lost their ...

    Authors: Duygu Bekircan Eski and Cihan Darcan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:71
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  45. Among all the coconut pests, rhinoceros beetle causes acute and serious damage to coconut palm. Management of this pest is very difficult due to its nocturnal activity, and also, it damages the emerging leaf i...

    Authors: C. Manjunatha, V. Velavan, R. Rangeshwaran, M. Mohan, A. Kandan, G. Sivakumar, A. N. Shylesha, M. K. Prasanna Kumar, D. Pramesh, M. Sujithra, H. K. Ranganath and S. N. Sushil
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:70
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  46. This study evaluated the shelf life and effectiveness of Metarhizium anisopliae encapsulated in Na (sodium)-alginate matrix. Air-flow-dried and freeze-dried beads containing conidia of M. anisopliae produced in s...

    Authors: B. D. Sarma, K. C. Puzari, Pranab Dutta and Abhay K. Pandey
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:69
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  47. Chamomile (Matricaria chamomile L.) is one of the very important medicinal plants worldwide, particularly in Egypt. The downy mildew disease is considered one of the most important diseases of chamomile. Peronosp...

    Authors: M. M. Mergawy, M. M. H. Hassanin, A. A. M. Ali and Heba Yousef
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:68
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  49. Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is a generalist predator feeding on several insect pests and utilized as a biological control agent in Türkiye. However, significant cannibalism has been ...

    Authors: Mehmet Mamay and Hüsna Dusak
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:66
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  50. The Scuttle fly, Eurygaster integriceps Puton (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae) is a key pest of wheat and barley. The pest is univoltine and migrates from wheat fields following harvest to high elevations; then, the fo...

    Authors: Laleh Ebrahimi, R. Henry L. Disney, Alireza Haghshenas, Ebrahim Gilasian, Masood Amir-Maafi and Shahram Shahrokhi Khaneghah
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:65
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