Ibtissem Ben FekihFeb 26, 2024
Dear friends and colleagues, the following link: https://beetlehangers.org/2024/02/23/workshop/ provides more details about our three-day workshop "Arthropod-Fungal Associations: From Parasites to Pathogens" which will be held on 13-15 May 2024 at Meise Botanic garden and Ghent University (Belgium) 🍄🐞🐜🕷🐝🍄
#entomopathogens #arthropods #laboulbeniales #conservation #fungi #biocontrol #pollinators
Workshop

Together with my friend and colleague Dr. Ibtissem Ben Fekih, I am organizing a workshop at Meise Botanic Garden and Ghent University, titled “Arthropod–Fungal Associations: from Parasites to…

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Dr. Traci BirgeAug 8, 2023

#OpenAccess #NewArticle

#Oilseed rape (#OSR, Canola oil) is an important oil crop, but cultivation is #pesticide
intensive.

We inoculated plants with beneficial fungus Beauveria bassiana to see if it can protect them from pests.

Short answer: We had c. 30% success with endophytic colonisation and the colonised plants showed interesting metabolite developments but they still got eaten by the pests.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ps.7672

#SustainableAgriculture #BiologicalPestControl #Entomopathogens

Ibtissem Ben FekihJan 29, 2023
Sorting out some old photos and here what I come across: Insect samples taken from a cereal field in Denmark, 2013! I just remember the big smile of the wonderful Anja Amtoft when we saw these beautiful mycosis ! 🤩
My favorite group of entomopathogenic fungi 🥰
#entomopathogens #fungi #entomophthorales