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  1. The consumption of conspecific eggs by neonate larvae is a common behavior in aphidophagous coccinellids. However, it is still unknown what far-reaching benefits can be brought to the artificial diet-reared ca...

    Authors: Ya-Nan Hao, Ming-Ling Li, Yu-Ping Gou and Yuan-Xing Sun
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:22
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  2. The aim of this study was to develop an oil formulation from a local betabaculovirus. Hyphantria cunea Drury (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) granulovirus (HycuGV-Hc1) was isolated from the infected larvae to test its eff...

    Authors: Zeynep Bayramoglu, Donus Gencer and Ismail Demir
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:21
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  3. The weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), Metamasius hemipterus (Linnaeus), and M. hebetatus (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) form a complex of important pests of plantain crops, causing crop losses of o...

    Authors: Lizeth Tabima, Edelberto Silva Gómez and Andreas Gaigl
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:20
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  4. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is a vegetable of great economic value. The tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a serious pest of tomato. Its control is difficult due to the pr...

    Authors: Euaggelos Giannoulakis, Spiridon Mantzoukas, Ioannis Lagogiannis, Sophia Dervisoglou and Dionysios Perdikis
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:19
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  5. Recent population outbreaks of citrus brown mite, Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein) (Acari: Tetranychidae), were observed in the Çukurova region, a region that supplies approximately 80% of total citrus production...

    Authors: Kemal Yalçın, İsmail Döker and Cengiz Kazak
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:18
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  6. The present study aimed to examine the biocontrol efficacy of 28 yeast isolates against Aspergillus niger, the common pathogen of onion black mold disease. The antagonistic potential of yeast isolates against A. ...

    Authors: Hadeel M. M. Kalil Bagy, Kamal A. M. Abo-Elyousr, Abd El-Latif Hesham and Nashwa M. A. Sallam
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:17
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  7. The Dolichopodidae, commonly known as long-legged flies, are a cosmopolitan dipteran family in the superfamily Empidoidea. The adults and majority of larvae in this family are predaceous, feeding on small and ...

    Authors: Magdi S. A. El-Hawagry
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:16
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  8. Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood is a major pest of eggplant in Pakistan. The second-stage juveniles (J2s) feed on the roots of eggplant. Damaged roots swell and the plant exhibits stunted growth...

    Authors: Jalal Uddin, Farman Ullah, Ishrat Naz, Sarir Ahmad, Ahmad-Ur-Rahman Saljoqi, Shahid Sattar Khan and Muhammad Salim
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:15
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  9. Three of entomopathogenic fungi, identified as Isaria javanica (Cjc-03 and Cjw-01) and Purpureocillium lilacinum (TS-01) were found naturally infecting the whiteflies, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyr...

    Authors: Ibrahim Sani, Syari Jamian, Norsazilawati Saad, Sumaiyah Abdullah, Erneeza Mohd Hata, Johari Jalinas and Siti Izera Ismail
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:14
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  10. Cabbage butterfly, Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), is one of the most important pests of cabbage and other cruciferous crops and accounts for > 40% yield reduction in the crops. An investigat...

    Authors: Saisri Manchikatla, Kennedy Ningthoujam, Mahesh Pathak and Akoijam Ratankumar Singh
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:13
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  11. During the last five decades, chemical synthetic pesticides have been used extensively to control pests and protect crops. Use of synthetic pesticide has caused some unfortunate consequences like environmental...

    Authors: Shereen Abdel-Hameed Mohamed, Abd-El-Aal S. Kh, S. S. Moawad and A. G. Attallah
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:12
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  12. The black palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is considered the most important palm pest in the Americas. In the State of Bahia, Brazil, it is parasitized by tachinid ...

    Authors: Elio Cesar Guzzo, Ronaldo Toma, Juan Pablo Molina Acevedo, Jackeline Gaviria Vega, Aldomario Santo Negrisoli Jr, Bernhard Leo Löhr, Tamara Tais dos Santos, Diego Jorge da Silva and Leandro Eugênio Cardamone Diniz
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:11
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  13. Baculoviruses are specific pathogens which can lethally infect several lepidopteran pests. However, the sub-lethal effects of baculoviruses are also highly debilitating for the host. The objective of the study...

    Authors: Dhanyakumar Onkarappa, Ram Kumar Pandi, Ashwitha Gopal, Venkatesan Thiruvengadam, Mohan Muthugounder, Nishtha Nayyar and Sivakumar Gopalsamy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:10
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  14. The tachinid parasitoid, Exorista segregata (Rondani, 1859) (Diptera: Tachinidae) is a polyphagous fly recorded on larvae of lepidopterans. Larvae of the Erebidae, Orgyia trigotephras Boisduval were collected fro...

    Authors: Sonia Hammami, Olfa Ezzine, Cezary Bystrowski and Mohamed Lahbib Ben Jamâa
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:9
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  15. Spilosoma (= Spilarctia) obliqua (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae), once considered as a sporadic pest, is now considered as a major and polyphagous pest widely distributed throughout India. Recent outbreaks of t...

    Authors: Veegala Ramesh Babu, G. Sivakumar and S. Satpathy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:8
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  16. Insect pests cause substantial agriculture losses annually, and their regulation through chemical pesticides instigates a prolonged detrimental impact on the environment and human health. The upsurge in diffic...

    Authors: Neelam Thakur, Preety Tomar, Jaspreet Kaur, Simranjeet Kaur, Anuja Sharma, Samiksha Jhamta, Ajar Nath Yadav, Harcharan Singh Dhaliwal, Rajesh Thakur and Seema Thakur
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:7
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    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:42

  17. Tomato plant leaves can be wilted by the presence of various species of soil-residing bacteria, especially Ralstonia solanacearum. Soil solarization has proven to be an environment-friendly method for disease man...

    Authors: Olumide Ekundayo Omotayo and Adebisi Mary Eegunranti
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:6
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  18. Entomopathogenic fungi have long been used as a biopeptide in the biological control of insect pests in agriculture, forestry and veterinary. At the same time, it is known that these fungi have positive effect...

    Authors: Alperen Kutalmış, Zeynep Terzioğlu, Rabia Hande Şen and Ali Sevim
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:5
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  19. The greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) constitutes key pests of greenhouses and field crops, which have developed pesticide resistance over the years. It has emerged ...

    Authors: Deeksha, Dilip Shriram Ghongade and Ajay Kumar Sood
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:3
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  20. The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of some eco-friendly management modules based on plant oils and Metarhizium anisopliae against a biennial white grub species, Lepidiota mansueta Burmeister...

    Authors: Sravani Dumala, Badal Bhattacharyya and Bidyarani Devi Elangbam
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:4
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  21. This study was conducted to investigate life table characteristics of the parasitoid species, Goniozus legneri Gordh (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), a major gregarious larval ecto-parasitoids of the carob moth, Ectomy...

    Authors: Fatemeh Ehteshami, Maryam Aleosfoor, Hossein Allahyari, Aurang Kavousi and Lida Fekrat
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:2
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:87

  22. Integrated pest management is one of the ways to solve the problems of increased outbreaks of pests induced by the effects of climate change. Therefore, the present investigation was carried out to study the i...

    Authors: R. M. Sayed, T. S. El Sayed and S. A. Rizk
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:1
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  23. Metarhizium is one of the entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) that has been widely reported as a useful agent for controlling the coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB), Oryctes rhinoceros L. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Applic...

    Authors: Sigit Prastowo, Soeharto, Hardian Susilo Addy and Tri Handoyo
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:146
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  24. In the protected cultivation of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) crop, the severity of root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, incidence is alarming nowadays. To combat this, growers usually prefer using synth...

    Authors: A. P. Abhishek Gowda, Pankaj, Dinesh Singh, Awani Kumar Singh and R. Sowmya
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:145
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  25. 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
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  26. 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
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  27. 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
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  28. 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
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  29. 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
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  30. 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
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  31. 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
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  32. 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
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  33. 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
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  34. 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
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  35. 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
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  36. 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
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  37. 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
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  38. 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
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  39. 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
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  40. 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
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  41. 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
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  42. 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
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    The original article was published in Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2022 32:109

  43. 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
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  44. 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
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  45. 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
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  46. 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
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  47. 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
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  48. 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
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  49. 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
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  50. 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
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