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ReviewJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)2017

Mode of Infection of Metarhizium spp. Fungus and Their Potential as Biological Control Agents.

Kimberly Moon San Aw, Seow Mun Hue

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
45citing papers in PubMed
11.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 176 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Synergistic Control ofInsects · 2026
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  4. Field Efficacy ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  14. Efficacy of Metarhizium spp. against gastrointestinal nematodes in goats and evidence of conidia infection through the integument.Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria · 2026
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  19. Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kimberly Moon San AwSchool of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Subang Jaya, Malaysia. kimaw94@gmail.com.
Seow Mun HueSchool of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Subang Jaya, Malaysia. hue.seow.mun@monash.edu.
Monash University Malaysia · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemical insecticides have been commonly used to control agricultural pests, termites, and biological vectors such as mosquitoes and ticks. However, the harmful impacts of toxic chemical insecticides on the environment, the development of resistance in pests and vectors towards chemical insecticides, and public concern have driven extensive research for alternatives, especially biological control agents such as fungus and bacteria. In this review, the mode of infection of

Indexed as

agricultural pestsbiological vectorsbiopesticidemechanism of infectionMetarhizium acridumMetarhizium anisopliae

Identifiers

PMID29371548
PMCPMC5715920
OpenAlexW2623728966

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Registered trials

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