Screening of Metarhizium anisopliae UV-induced mutants for faster growth yields a hyper-virulent isolate with greater UV and thermal tolerances

Stress tolerance and virulence of insect-pathogenic fungi are determined by environmental conditions during conidial formation

(2015) Drauzio E. N. Rangel et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Tolerance of entomopathogenic fungi to ultraviolet radiation: a review on screening of strains and their formulation

(2015) Éverton K. K. Fernandes et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Insecticidal Activity of a Destruxin-Containing Extract of Metarhizium brunneum Against Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

(2015) M. D. Lozano-Tovar et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Insect pathogens as biological control agents: Back to the future

(2015) L.A. Lacey et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Improving mycoinsecticides for insect biological control

(2014) Almudena Ortiz-Urquiza et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Stress response signaling and virulence: insights from entomopathogenic fungi

(2014) Almudena Ortiz-Urquiza et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Bbmsn2acts as a pH-dependent negative regulator of secondary metabolite production in the entomopathogenic fungusBeauveria bassiana

(2014) Zhibing Luo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The transcriptional co-activator multiprotein bridging factor 1 from the fungal insect pathogen,Beauveria bassiana, mediates regulation of hyphal morphogenesis, stress tolerance and virulence

(2014) Sheng-Hua Ying et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Heat-induced post-stress growth delay: A biological trait of many Metarhizium isolates reducing biocontrol efficacy?

(2014) Chad A. Keyser et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Discovering the secondary metabolite potential encoded within entomopathogenic fungi

(2014) Donna M. Gibson et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Culture conditions affect virulence and production of insect toxic proteins in the entomopathogenic fungusMetarhizium anisopliae

(2013) Almudena Ortiz-Urquiza et al.   BIOCONTROL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Sublethal and transgenerational effects of chlorantraniliprole on biological traits of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L.

(2013) Lei Guo et al.   CROP PROTECTION

Ablation of thecreAregulator results in amino acid toxicity, temperature sensitivity, pleiotropic effects on cellular development and loss of virulence in the filamentous fungusBeauveria bassiana

(2013) Zhibing Luo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Expression of trypsin modulating oostatic factor (TMOF) in an entomopathogenic fungus increases its virulence towards Anopheles gambiae and reduces fecundity in the target mosquito

(2013) Layla Kamareddine et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Transcriptome Analysis of Chlorantraniliprole Resistance Development in the Diamondback Moth Plutella xylostella

(2013) Qingsheng Lin et al.   PLoS One

Targeting of insect epicuticular lipids by the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana: hydrocarbon oxidation within the context of a host-pathogen interaction

(2013) Nicolás Pedrini et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Action on the Surface: Entomopathogenic Fungi versus the Insect Cuticle

(2013) Almudena Ortiz-Urquiza et al.   Insects

Culture of Metarhizium robertsii on salicylic-acid supplemented medium induces increased conidial thermotolerance

(2012) Drauzio E.N. Rangel et al.   Fungal Biology

Estimating the Economic Cost of One of the World's Major Insect Pests, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae): Just How Long Is a Piece of String?

(2012) Myron P. Zalucki et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Exploiting host molecules to augment mycoinsecticide virulence

(2012) Yanhua Fan et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Pyrokinin β-Neuropeptide Affects Necrophoretic Behavior in Fire Ants (S. invicta), and Expression of β-NP in a Mycoinsecticide Increases Its Virulence

(2012) Yanhua Fan et al.   PLoS One

Enhanced UV Resistance and Improved Killing of Malaria Mosquitoes by Photolyase Transgenic Entomopathogenic Fungi

(2012) Weiguo Fang et al.   PLoS One

Have biopesticides come of age?

(2012) Travis Glare et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Using host molecules to increase fungal virulence for biological control of insects

(2012) Nemat O. Keyhani   Virulence

Enhancing the Stress Tolerance and Virulence of an Entomopathogen by Metabolic Engineering of Dihydroxynaphthalene Melanin Biosynthesis Genes

(2011) Min N. Tseng et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative Impact of Artificial Selection for Fungicide Resistance onBeauveria bassianaandMetarhizium brunneum

(2011) David I. Shapiro-Ilan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

The inhibitory effect of the fungal toxin, destruxin A, on behavioural fever in the desert locust

(2011) V.L. Hunt et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Improving UV resistance and virulence of Beauveria bassiana by genetic engineering with an exogenous tyrosinase gene

(2011) Yanfang Shang et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Nongenetic Reprogramming of a Fungal Highly Reducing Polyketide Synthase

(2011) Ahmed A. Yakasai et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Cross-resistance patterns and fitness in fufenozide-resistant diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)

(2011) Jingyan Sun et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Development of Transgenic Fungi That Kill Human Malaria Parasites in Mosquitoes

(2011) W. Fang et al.   SCIENCE

Secondary metabolites from entomopathogenic Hypocrealean fungi

(2010) István Molnár et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Genetic engineering of fungal biocontrol agents to achieve greater efficacy against insect pests

(2009) Raymond J. St. Leger et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Ecological considerations in producing and formulating fungal entomopathogens for use in insect biocontrol

(2009) Mark A. Jackson et al.   BIOCONTROL

Directed evolution of a filamentous fungus for thermotolerance

(2009) Eudes de Crecy et al.   BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY

Fungal entomopathogens: new insights on their ecology

(2009) Fernando E. Vega et al.   Fungal Ecology

Biosynthesis of the cyclooligomer depsipeptide bassianolide, an insecticidal virulence factor of Beauveria bassiana

(2009) Yuquan Xu et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Effect ofIsaria fumosoroseuson mortality and fecundity ofBemisia tabaciandPlutella xylostella

(2009) Zhen Huang et al.   Insect Science

Evaluation of Soyscreen in an Oil-Based Formulation for UV Protection of Beauveria bassiana Conidia

(2009) Robert W. Behle et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Selection of improved Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. strains based on 2-deoxy-d-glucose resistance and physiological analysis

(2009) M. Robledo-Monterrubio et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Comparative Tolerances of Various Beauveria bassiana Isolates to UV-B Irradiation with a Description of a Modeling Method to Assess Lethal Dose

(2009) Bao-Fu Huang et al.   MYCOPATHOLOGIA

Photostabilization of Beauveria bassiana conidia using anionic dyes

(2008) E COHEN et al.   APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE

Biosynthesis of the Cyclooligomer Depsipeptide Beauvericin, a Virulence Factor of the Entomopathogenic Fungus Beauveria bassiana

(2008) Yuquan Xu et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Effects of physical and nutritional stress conditions during mycelial growth on conidial germination speed, adhesion to host cuticle, and virulence of Metarhizium anisopliae, an entomopathogenic fungus

(2008) Drauzio E.N. Rangel et al.