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Field Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology

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Fungi contain a diverse array of taxa which exhibit a great diversity of properties and requirements, collectively occupying virtually every niche in which arthropods are also found. Consequently, there has been great interest in the use of fungi as microbial control agents. At present, there are over a dozen commercial products for invertebrate pest control based on nine principle fungal species (Shah and Goettel, 1999), but to date, none has gained a significant portion of the overall commercial market for insect control. In this chapter we restrict our discussion to entomopathogenic fungi that infect their host and cause premature death. We thus exclude ectoparasites (e.g., Laboulbeniales) and other insect-associated fungi (e.g., Trichomycetes) whose potential role in microbial control has not been well established. We attempt to provide an overview of the special considerations and methods which would aid the reader in evaluating the efficacy of fungi under field conditions. For more detailed information on entomopathogenic fungi and their role in microbial control, we refer the reader to the reviews of Ferron (1985), Carruthers and Soper (1987), McCoy et al. (1988), Samson et al. (1988), Evans (1989), Glare and Milner (1991), and Tanada and Kaya (1993).

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    Mark S. Goettel

  2. Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, MS, USA, 39762

    G. Douglas Inglis

  3. US Plant, Soil & Nutrition Lab, USDA-ARS-BCPRU, Tower Road, Ithaca, NY, USA, 14853

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Goettel, M.S., Inglis, G.D., Wraight, S.P. (2000). Fungi. In: Lacey, L.A., Kaya, H.K. (eds) Field Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1547-8_10

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