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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. 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:

  20. 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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  21. 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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  22. 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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  23. 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
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    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:88

  24. 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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  25. 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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  26. 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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  27. 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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  28. 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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  29. 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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  30. 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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  31. 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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  33. 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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  34. 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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  35. Squash leaf curl virus (SLCV) is efficiently transmitted and spread by the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), which is the only vector that transmits begomoviruses naturally causing huge crop losses through fe...

    Authors: Abeer Salah El-Deen Abd El-Wahab, Maha S. Nada, Manal A. El-Shazly, Azza Galal and Hala A. Amin
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:64
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  36. Faba bean attacked by soil-borne pathogens causing root rot disease. This disease has serious damage to both plant stand and produced yield. The present study aimed to evaluate effectiveness of the bioagents; Tri...

    Authors: Hassan Mohamed Masoud, Allam Arafat Megahed, Mohamed Salah Eldin Helmy, Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz Ibrahim, Nehal Samy El-Mougy and Mokhtar Mohamed Abdel-Kader
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:63
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  37. During field surveillance in Gujarat, India, in 2009, scientists found that pink bollworm was surviving in the first generation of Bollgard cotton, which contains a single protein. This survival was observed i...

    Authors: P. Likhitha, D. B. Undirwade, U. S. Kulkarni, A. V. Kolhe and M. P. Moharil
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:62
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  38. Plasmopara viticola, the causal agent of grape downy mildew, is one of the most serious grape diseases. Application of Trichoderma harzianum grown on different potato dextrose supplemented broth media using some ...

    Authors: Hany H. A. El-Sharkawy, Thoraya S. A. Abo-El-Wafa, Nada A. Mostafa and Safaa A. M. Yousef
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:61
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  39. Fire Blight, incited by Erwinia amylovora, is one of the most damaging pear and apple diseases in the world. Fire blight was introduced to Egypt in the 1960 and threatens the Egypt’s costs for pear industry. Curr...

    Authors: Wessam Hassan, Osman Ahmed, Rasha E. Hassan, Sahar A. Youssef and A. A. Shalaby
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:60
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  40. Apple decline diseases, responsible for seedlings root and collar rot in nurseries, are an important disease. Different fungal and bacterial antagonists were evaluated to control Pythium ultimum associated with t...

    Authors: Sabrine Mannai and Naima Boughalleb-M’Hamdi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:59
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  41. Fall armyworm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda, also called ‘whorlworm’ is a global pest threatening maize production. Larvae stay in the whorl of maize/sweet corn and efficient delivery of insecticides or bio-agents ...

    Authors: B. Ratnakala, C. M. Kalleshwaraswamy, M. Rajkumar, Sharanabasappa S. Deshmukh, H. B. Mallikarjuna and Lakshmi Narasimhaiah
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:58
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  42. Diaspis echinocacti (Bouché) is a major pest of cactus pear species worldwide. Over the past three years, this scale insect has seen increasing interest regarding its spread and importance, as well as the efficac...

    Authors: Mohamed El Aalaoui and Mohamed Sbaghi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:57
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  43. The Khapra beetle, Trogoderma granarium (Everts) (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) is one of the most destructive pests of stored wheat and barley worldwide. The broad practice of insecticides has been connected with ins...

    Authors: Bushra Nawab and Salma Javed
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:56
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  44. After the commercialization of insect-resistant transgenic Bt cotton Bollgard I & II, India ranks first in the world in cotton production. Cotton insecticide consumption was drastically reduced as nearly 95% of t...

    Authors: P. Likhitha, V. Chinna Babu Naik, M. P. Moharil, D. B. Undirwade, U. S. Kulkarni and A. V. Kolhe
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:55
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  45. The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), poses a threat to the food security of populations in sub-Saharan Africa because of its damage to maize crops. As alternative...

    Authors: Marcellin C. Cokola, Ibtissem Ben Fekih, Espoir B. Bisimwa, Rudy Capparos Megido, Frank Delvigne and Frédéric Francis
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:54
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  46. Gray blight is among the most destructive diseases that affect tea plants worldwide. In this study, microorganisms from deep-sea sediment samples for those with antagonistic effects were screened against gray ...

    Authors: Guangxin Xu, Feng Ying, Huangming Wu and Xixiang Tang
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:53
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  47. Verticillium dahliae Kleb. is a soil-borne pathogen with a broad host spectrum and causes yield losses in cotton cultivation worldwide. Beauveria bassiana is an environmentally friendly entomopathogenic fungus (E...

    Authors: Oktay Erdoğan and Zehra Sağlan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:52
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  48. Weeds in farmland seriously threaten crop yield and cause huge economic losses. Due to the extensive use of chemical herbicides, a series of problems have been arisen, such as environmental pollution, soil deg...

    Authors: Haixia Zhu, Zerong Lin and Yongqiang Ma
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:51
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  49. Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites made by a variety of molds and fungi. They contaminate a lot of food products and local crops during pre- and post-harvesting under favorable conditions like high temperatu...

    Authors: Abla A. M. Farghl, Mostafa M. El-Sheekh and Amany A. El-Shahir
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:50
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  50. Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is one of the most significant pests infesting leguminous crops since it is found in tropical and subtropical climates, as well as in Turkey. The most oft...

    Authors: Ismail Oguz Ozdemir
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 2023 33:48
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