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Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Sohail Akhtar
University of Haripur
2
Adil Aksoy
Aksaray University
3
Syed Ahmad Syarifah Zulaikha
Unknown
4
Joseph Kreitz
Broad Institute
5
Davide Palmieri
University of Genoa
6
Jin‐Li Ding
Zhejiang University
7
Vasiliki Balaska
Democritus University of Thrace
8
Yayun Zuo
North West Agriculture and Forestry University
9
Prodipto Bishnu Angon
Bangladesh Agricultural University
10
Ignacio Vicente‐Díez
Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino

Rising Stars Papers

1
RETRACTED: Sources, effects and present perspectives of heavy metals contamination: Soil, plants and human food chain
Heliyon|2024
772 cit.
2
Plant development and heat stress: role of exogenous nutrients and phytohormones in thermotolerance
Discover Plants.|2024
38 cit.
3
Identification and detection of the V1848I indoxacarb resistance mutation in the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua
Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology|2024
12 cit.
4
Targeted delivery of diverse biomolecules with engineered bacterial nanosyringes
Nature Biotechnology|2025
11 cit.
5
The synergism between metabolic and target-site resistance enhances the intensity of resistance to pyrethroids in Spodoptera exigua
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology|2025
10 cit.
6
Essential roles of ferric reductase-like proteins in growth, development, stress response, and virulence of the filamentous entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana
Microbiological Research|2024
7 cit.
7
Disruption of <scp><i>Spodoptera exigua serine protease 2</i> (<i>Ser2</i>)</scp> results in male sterility by <scp>CRISPR</scp>/Cas9 technology
Pest Management Science|2024
5 cit.
8
Two ferrous iron transporter-like proteins independently participate in asexual development under iron limitation and virulence in Beauveria bassiana
Fungal Genetics and Biology|2024
3 cit.
9
Genome-wide characterization and expression profiling of FARL (FHY3/FAR1) family genes in Zea mays
Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology|2024
3 cit.
10
A pipeline to predict the biosafety profile of putative biocontrol yeasts: Papiliotrema terrestris strain PT22AV as a case study
BioControl|2024
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
David Mota‐Sanchez
Michigan State University
2
Frank J. Wessels
Corteva (United States)
3
Liande Wang
Ministry of Agriculture
4
Tarique Hassan Askary
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir
5
Sen‐Miao Tong
Zhejiang A & F University
6
Sebastián A. Pelizza
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
7
Rob Smith
University of Warwick
8
Zhenchuan Mao
Institute of Vegetables and Flowers
9
Dana Ment
Agricultural Research Organization
10
Jun Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Bioassays of Beauveria bassiana Isolates against the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda
Journal of Fungi|2022
76 cit.
2
The Biocontrol Functions of Bacillus velezensis Strain Bv-25 Against Meloidogyne incognita
Frontiers in Microbiology|2022
59 cit.
3
Laboratory efficacy of selected synthetic insecticides against second instar invasive fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae
PLoS ONE|2022
54 cit.
4
Synergized Toxicity of Promising Plant Extracts and Synthetic Chemicals against Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Pakistan
Agronomy|2022
40 cit.
5
Virulence of entomopathogenic fungi against fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) under laboratory conditions
Frontiers in Physiology|2023
40 cit.
6
Biotic Potential Induced by Different Host Plants in the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Insects|2022
39 cit.
7
Survival and efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes on exposed surfaces
Scientific Reports|2022
36 cit.
8
Sublethal and transgenerational effects of synthetic insecticides on the biological parameters and functional response of Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) under laboratory conditions
Frontiers in Physiology|2023
27 cit.
9
The root-knot nematode effector Mi2G02 hijacks a host plant trihelix transcription factor to promote nematode parasitism
Plant Communications|2023
27 cit.
10
Lethal, Sub-Lethal and Trans-Generational Effects of Chlorantraniliprole on Biological Parameters, Demographic Traits, and Fitness Costs of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Insects|2022
22 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Donald W. Roberts
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
2
Ming‐Guang Feng
Zhejiang University
3
Raymond J. St. Leger
University of Maryland, College Park
4
Randy Gaugler
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
5
Tariq M. Butt
Swansea University
6
Chengshu Wang
ShanghaiTech University
7
Enrique Quesada‐Moraga
University of Córdoba
8
Michael Bidochka
Brock University
9
Nemat O. Keyhani
Illinois College
10
Takema Fukatsu
University of Tsukuba

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Entomopathogenic Nematodes
Annual Review of Entomology|1993
1.2k cit.
2
Symbiont-mediated insecticide resistance
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2012
923 cit.
3
Interactions Between Fungal Pathogens and Insect Hosts
Annual Review of Entomology|1994
879 cit.
4
<i>Wolbachia</i> as a bacteriocyte-associated nutritional mutualist
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2009
787 cit.
5
Genomic perspectives on the evolution of fungal entomopathogenicity in Beauveria bassiana
Scientific Reports|2012
693 cit.
6
Genome Sequencing and Comparative Transcriptomics of the Model Entomopathogenic Fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and M. acridum
PLoS Genetics|2011
670 cit.
7
Insect-Microbe Mutualism without Vertical Transmission: a Stinkbug Acquires a Beneficial Gut Symbiont from the Environment Every Generation
Applied and Environmental Microbiology|2007
566 cit.
8
Host Plant Specialization Governed by Facultative Symbiont
Science|2004
541 cit.
9
Metarhizium brunneum (Ascomycota; Hypocreales) Treatments Targeting Olive Fly in the Soil for Sustainable Crop Production
Frontiers in Plant Science|2018
524 cit.
10
Production, formulation and application of the entomopathogenic fungus <i>Beauveria bassiana</i> for insect control: current status
Biocontrol Science and Technology|1994
523 cit.

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