An overview of is presented of the major factors (pathogen, insect host and environment) influencing the efficacy of hypomycetous fungi for biological control. Examples are given of the successful use of entomopathogenic Hypomycetes (including Aschersonia spp., Beauveria bassiana, B. brongniartii,...

This paper reviews the importance to identify the introduced fungal biological control agents as part of an environmental risk assessment, and the molecular and nonmolecular methods available for identifying the genetic variability in biological control fungi. A case study of the release of an...

The chapter discusses the abiotic stress (such as water stress) tolerance of xerotolerant and xerophilic fungal biological control agents; ecophysiological manipulation of endogenous reserves (sugars and polyols) in inocula for improved growth, germination and viability under water stress...

Recent advances on mass culture, stabilization and formulation, and market potential of mycoinsecticides (Beauveria bassania [B. bassiana], B. brongniartii, Lagenidium giganteum, Metarhizium anisopliae, M. anisopliae var. acridum, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus and Verticillium lecanii), mycoherbicides...

Methods for isolation, cultivation and storage of entomogenous fungi and important aspects of host-pathogen relationships are briefly reviewed, focusing on specific factors which could influence the results of laboratory and field-based bioassays. The methods used for bioassay of these fungi...