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ReviewMicroorganisms2025

Parasitism by Entomopathogenic Fungi and Insect Host Defense Strategies.

Dinghai Zhang, Haidi Qi, Feng Zhang

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Review in Microorganisms, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Avoidance of parasitic fungi and nematode threats byBehavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Dinghai ZhangCentre for Quantitative Biology, College of Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.ORCID 0009-0006-7972-3042
Haidi QiCentre for Quantitative Biology, College of Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.ORCID 0009-0004-3641-7518
Feng ZhangCAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China.

Funding

Gansu Agricultural University Young Mentor Fund GAU-ODFC-2023-07the Gansu Natural Science Foundation 21JR7RA831the Gansu Science and Technology Program, the CAS 'Light of West China' Program 22JR9KA032the National Natural Science Foundation of China 42361016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Entomopathogenic fungi, a group of insect pathogens, are characterized by high insecticidal efficacy and minimal environmental impact. They are commonly used as biopesticides for pest control due to their significant practical value. We here classify entomopathogenic fungi according to the process of fungal infection in hosts, changes in host behavior during infection, and mechanisms of spore transmission, and review the strategies employed by insects to resist infection, including physical barrier defenses, immune system defenses, and behavioral avoidance of fungal pathogens. This review also discusses the pathogenic mechanisms of fungi on insects and the closely linked co-evolution between fungal pathogens and insect defenses. In conclusion, a perspective on future research is provided, emphasizing the impact of insect population density and spore concentration in the environment on disease outbreaks.

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co-evolutiondisease dynamicsimmune responseinfection mechanismsinsect defense strategies

Identifiers

PMID40005650
PMCPMC11858285

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