Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Outcomes 2019-2020

Frontiers (special issue) will be coming out on ‘Entomopathogens for sustainable food production (Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems). Research and review articles are invited (Topic Editors: Surendra Dara, Steven Arthurs, Robert Behle). More information can be found here: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/11865.

Environmental Research and Public Health (special issue: Current Status, Challenges, and Prospects of Biopesticides). Research and review articles are invited (Deadline for manuscript submission, 15 April 2021; Guest Editors: Surendra Dara, Stefan T. Jaronski).

Microbials related publications generated by members of S1070 in 2019-2020 are cited at the end of the report.

Microbial related publications (research and outreach) from group members (2019-2020):

1. AgNet West podcast about biologicals in IPM https://agnetwest.com/making-sense-of-biologicals-biologicals-not-just-for-an-organic-ipm-program/
2. AgNet West podcast about entomopathogenic fungi https://agnetwest.com/making-sense-of-biologicals-entomopathogenic-fungi-mythbusting/

3. Arnold, D.P., S.P. Balasubramani, S.M. Valles, and B.A. Hottel. 2020. Prevalence of Solenopsis invicta virus 3 (Solinviviridae: Invictavirus) in Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) alates collected in north Florida. Florida Entomol. (in press).

1. Avery, P. B., V. Kumar, A. Francis, C. L. McKenzie, and L. S. Osborne. 2020. Compatibility of the predatory beetle, Delphastus catalinae with an entomopathogenic fungus, Cordyceps fumosorosea for biocontrol of invasive pepper whitefly, Aleurotrachelus trachoides. Insects 11, 590. doi:10.3390/insects11090590.
2. Avery, P. B., V. Kumar, E. A. Skvarch, C. M. Mannion, C. A. Powell, C. L. McKenzie, and L. S. Osborne. 2019. An ecological assessment of Isaria fumosorosea applications compared to a neonicotinoid treatment for regulating invasive ficus whitefly. Journal of Fungi 5, 36. doi:10.3390/jof5020036.
3. Bock, C.H., Hotchkiss, M.W., Shapiro-Ilan, D.I., Brock, J.H., Brenneman, T.B., Wilkins, B., Wells, D.E., Wells, L., Mizell, R.F., 2019. A comparison of organic fungicides: alternatives for reducing scab on pecan. Organic Agriculture 9, 305-314.
4. Bock, C.H., Hotchkiss, M.W., Shapiro-Ilan, D.I., Wells, L., Brock, J., Brenneman, T., Mizell, R. 2019. Efficacy of Bordeaux mixture in reducing pecan scab in the southeastern U.S.A. Organic Agriculture 9, 189-198.
5. Chacón-Orozco, J.G., Bueno, C.J., Shapiro-Ilan, D., Hazir, S., Leite, L.G., and Harakava, R. 2020.Antifungal activity of Xenorhabdus spp. and Photorhabdus spp. against the soybean pathogenic Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Scientific Reports, 10, Article number: 20649. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77472-6
6. Chen, C., Ma, H., Ma, M., Li, J., Zheng, S., Song, Q., Gu, X., Hu, B., Shapiro-Ilan, D.I., Ruan, W. 2020. An innovative strategy for control of fungus gnats using entomopathogenic nematodes alone or in combination with waterlogging. Journal of Nematology, e2020-57. DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2020-057.
7. Clifton, E., Hajek, A.E., Jenkins, N.E., Roush, R.T., Rost, J.P., Biddinger, D.J. 2020. Applications of Beauveria bassiana (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) to control populations of spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), in semi-natural landscapes and on grapevines. Environ. Entomol. 49: 854-864.
8. Clifton, E.H., Jaronski, S.T., Hajek, A.E. 2020. Virulence of commercialized fungal entomopathogens against Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis. J. Ins. Sci. 20(2): 1: 1-6. doi: 10.1093/jisesa/ieaa006
9. Cottrell, T.E., Shapiro-Ilan, D.I., Horton, D.L., 2019. Laboratory assays against adult and larval sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) using entomopathogenic nematodes, microbial-based insecticides and synthetic insecticides. Journal of Entomological Science 54, 30-42.
10. Dara, S. K. 2020. Arthropod resistance to biopesticides. Organic Farmer 3(4): 16-19. http://organicfarmermag.com/2020/08/arthropod-resistance-to-biopesticides/ (Trade journal article)
11. Dara, S. K. 2020. Biological pesticides in nut crops: a look at use strategies and the risk of resistance development. September issue of West Coast Nut, pp. 48-50. (Trade journal article)
12. Dara, S. K. 2020. Mating disruption as an IPM tool in diamondback moth management. eJournal of Entomology and Biologicals, 12 November 2020. https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=44160 (Extension article)

1. Dara, S. K. Biological inoculants and biopesticides in small fruit and vegetable production in California. In Advances in bioinoculants: biopesticides Volume 2. Ed. A. Rakshit, V. S. Meena, P. C.Abhilash, B. K. Sarma, H. B. Singh, L. Fraceto, M. Parihar, and A. K. Singh, Elsevier, Submitted (Book chapter)
2. Dara, S. K. Constraints and challenges in the popularization of biopesticides in organic farming. In Biopesticides in organic farming: recent advances. Ed. L. P. Awasthi, Taylor and Francis, In print. (Book chapter)
3. Dara, S. K. Integrated insect pest management in economically important crops. In Biopesticides in organic farming: recent advances. Ed. L. P. Awasthi, Taylor and Francis, In print. (Book chapter)
4. Dara, S. K. Microbial metabolites as pesticides. In Microbial metabolites for sustainable insect pest management. Eds. M. A. Khan and W. Ahmad, Springer, In print. (Book chapter)
5. Dara, S. K. The principles of the application of biopesticides in organic farming. In Biopesticides in organic farming: recent advances. Ed. L. P. Awasthi, Taylor and Francis, In print. (Book chapter)
6. Dara, S. K. 2019. Interactions of entomopathogens with other pest management options. In Microbes and mebolites for sustainable insect pest management. Eds. M. A. Khan and W. Ahmad, Springer, pp. 299-316. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23045-6_11 (Book chapter)
7. Dara, S. K. 2020. Implementation of IPDM in strawberries and other berries. In Pest and disease management in greenhouse crops, Plant Pathology in the 21^st Century. Eds. Gullino, M. L., A. Albajes, P. Nicot, and J. C. van Lenteren. Springer. pp. 597-624 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22304-5_21 (Book chapter)
8. Dara, S. K. and R. A. Humber. 2020. Entomophthoran. In Beneficial microbes in agro-ecology: volume 2: bacteria and fungi. Eds. N. Amaresan, K. M. Senthil, K. Annapurna, K. Kumar, and A. Sankaranarayanan. Elsevier. pp 757-775. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823414-3.00039-3 (Book chapter)
9. Dara, S. K., S. S. Dara, and S.S.R. Dara. 2020. Managing Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum Race 4 with beneficial microorganisms including entomopathogenic fungi. Acta Horticulturae 1270: 111-116. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2020.1270.11 (Trade journal article)
10. Eric H. Clifton, Sana Gardescu, Robert W. Behle, and Ann E. Hajek. 2020. Optimizing application rates of Metarhizium brunneum microsclerotia for infecting the invasive Asian longhorned beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 113: 2650-2656.
11. Fu, Y., Wang, W., Chen, C., Shan, S., Wei, X., Liu, Y., Shapiro-Ilan, D., Gu, X., Hu, B., Yoshiga, T., and Ruan, W. 2020. Chemotaxis behavior of Steinernema carpocapsae in response to Galleria mellonella (L.) larvae infected by con- or hetero-specific entomopathogenic nematodes. Biocontrol Science and Technology. In Press. Accepted 11-14-2020.
12. Giles, F. Fungal Biopesticides Useful in the Fight Against Citrus Pests. Florida Grower 113:9-10. (article about Pasco Avery’s work with EPF).
13. Goolsby, J. A. and Shapiro-Ilan, D. I. 2020. Passive transfer of Steinernema riobrave entomopathogenic nematodes with potential implications for treatment of cattle fever tick-infested nilgai, Biocontrol Science and Technology. 30, 1330-1339. DOI:10.1080/09583157.2020.1817332
14. Gulzar, S., Usman, M., Wakil, W., Gulcu, B., Hazir, C., Karagoz, M., Hazir, S., Shapiro-Ilan, D. 2020. Environmental tolerance of entomopathogenic nematodes differs among nematodes arising from host cadavers versus aqueous suspension. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 175: 107452.
15. Haelewaters, D., Hiller, T., Kemp, E.A., van Wielink, P.S., Shapiro-Ilan, D.I., Aime, C.M., Nedved, O., Pfister, D.H., Cottrell, T.E. 2020. Mortality of native and invasive ladybirds co-infected by ectoparasitic and entomopathogenic fungi. PeerJ PeerJ ,:e10110 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10110
16. Hajek, A.E., Gardescu, S., Delalibera Junior, I. 2020. Summary of classical biological control introductions of entomopathogens and nematodes for insect control. BioControl (online). doi.org/10.1007/s10526-020-10046-7
17. Kaplan, F., Perret-Gentil, A., Giurintano, J., Stevens, G., Erdogan, H., Schiller, K.C., Mirti, A., Sampson, E.M., Torres, C., Sun, J., Lewis, E., Shapiro-Ilan, D.I., 2020. Conspecific and heterospecific pheromones stimulate dispersal of entomopathogenic nematodes during quiescence. Scientific Reports. 10: 5738.
18. Kaplan, F., Shapiro-Ilan, D., Schiller, K.C. 2020. Dynamics of entomopathogenic nematode foraging and infectivity in microgravity. NPJ Microgravity6:20, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-020-00110-y
19. Kereselidze, M., Pilarska, D., Linde, A., Sanscrainte, N.D., Hajek, A.E. 2020. Nosema maddoxi infecting the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), in the Republic of Georgia. Biocontr. Sci. Technol. 30: 1083-1089.
20. Koppenhofer A.M., Kostromytska O.S., Wu S. 2020. Optimizing the use of entomopathogenic nematodes for the management of Listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): split applications and combinations with imidacloprid. Crop Prot. 137, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2020.105229
21. Koppenhofer A.M., Shapiro-Ilan D.I., Hiltpold I. 2020. Advances in the use of entomopathogenic nematode biopesticides in suppressing crop insect pests. In: Biopesticides for Sustainable Agriculture (N. Birch & T. Glare, Ed.), pp. 1-38. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK.
22. Koppenhofer A.M., Shapiro-Ilan D.I., Hiltpold I. 2020. Entomopathogenic nematodes in sustainable food production. Frontiers Sustain. Food Systems. 4, 125, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00125
23. Koppenhofer A.M., Wu S., Kostromytska O.S. 2020. Microsclerotial granular formulation of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium brunneum and its combinations with hydrogel and imidacloprid against the annual bluegrass weevil, Listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 113, 1118-1128.
24. Koppenhöfer, A.M., Shapiro-Ilan, D.I., Hiltpold, I. 2020. Entomopathogenic nematodes in sustainable food production. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 4, 125. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00125
25. Mbata, G.N., Shapiro-Ilan, D. Alborn, H.T., Strand, M.R. 2019. Preferential infectivity of entomopathogenic nematodes in an envenomed host. International Journal of Parasitology 49, 737-745.
26. Morffe, J., N. GarcÍa, B. J. Adams, and K. Hasegawa. 2020. Three new species of Longior Travassos & Kloss, 1958 (Nematoda: Thelastomatoidea: Hystrignathidae) parasites of passalid beetles (Coleoptera: Passalidae) from Dominican Republic, Mexico and Colombia. Zootaxa 4877:125-147.
27. Morris, E.E., O’Grady, P., Csóka, G., Hajek, A.E. 2020. Genetic variability among native and introduced strains of the parasitic nematode Deladenus siricidicola. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 173: 107385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2020.107385
28. Oi D, Valles S, Porter S, Cavanaugh C, White G, Henke J. 2019. Introduction of Fire Ant Biological Control Agents into the Coachella Valley of California. Florida Entomol. 102:284-286.
29. Oliveira-Hofman C, Kaplan F, Stevens G, Lewis EE, Wu S, Alborn HT, Perret-Gentil A, Shapiro-Ilan DI. 2019. Pheromone extracts act as boosters for entomopathogenic nematodes efficacy. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 164, 38–42.
30. Pinero J. C., D. Shapiro-Ilan, D. R. Cooley, A. F. Tuttle, A. Eaton, P. Drohan, K. Leahy, A.Zhang, T. Hancock, A. K. Walllingford, T. C. Leskey. 2020. Toward the integration of an attract-and-kill approach with biological control involving entomopathogenic nematodes to control multiple life stages of plum curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in eastern North America. Insects 11, 375; doi:10.3390/insects11060375
31. Preston, C.E., Agnello, A.M., Hajek, A.E. 2020. Nosema maddoxi (Microsporidia: Nosematidae) in brown marmorated stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) populations in the US. Biol. Control 144: 104213.
32. Preston, C.E., Agnello, A.M., Vermeylen, F.M., Hajek, A.E. 2020. Impact of Nosema maddoxi on the survival, development, and female fecundity of Halyomorpha halys. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 169: 107303.
33. Ramakuwela, T., Hatting, J., Bock, C., Vega, F.E., Wells, L., Mbata, G.N., Shapiro-Ilan, D.I. 2019. Establishment of Beauveria bassiana as a fungal endophyte in pecan (Carya illinoinensis) seedlings and its virulence against pecan insect pests. Biological Control 104, 104102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2019.104102.
34. Rodrigues JCV, Ospina OE, Massey SE. 2019. Mycobiome of Brevipalpus Mite Strains and Insights on Metabolic Function in the Bacteriome of the Tetranychoidea Mites. In: Comtemporary Acarology, Springer. pp. 79-91.
35. Rodriguez-Saona, C., Nielsen, A., Shapiro-Ilan, D., Tewari, S., Kyryczenko-Roth, V., Firbas, N., Leskey, T. 2019. Exploring an odor-baited “trap bush” approach to aggregate plum curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) injury in blueberries. Insects 10, 113.
36. Sandhi, R. K., R. Pothula, S. K. Pothula, B. J. Adams, and G. V. Reddy. 2020. First record of native entomopathogenic nematodes from Montana agroecosystems. J. Nematol. 52.
37. Sandhi, R.K., Shapiro-Ilan, D., and Reddy, G.V.P. 2020. Montana native entomopathogenic nematodes species against Limonius californicus (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Journal of Economic Entomology. In Press. Accepted July 1, 2020.
38. Sandhi, R.K., Shapiro-Ilan, D.I., Sharma, A., Reddy, G.V.P., 2020. Efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes against the sugarbeet wireworm, Limonius californicus (Mannerheim) (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Biological Control. In Press. Accepted January 9, 2020.
39. Shan, S., Ma, H., Li, Y.Huang, C., Gu, X., Jiang, Z., Sun, B., Chen, C., Wei, X., Shen, G., Shapiro-Ilan, D., Ruan, W. 2020. Metabolites from symbiotic bacteria of entomopathogenic nematodes have antimicrobial effects against Pythium myriotylum. Eur J Plant Pathol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-020-02053-2. IN Press. Accepted June 25, 2020.
40. Shapiro-Ilan, D. I., Hazir, S., and Glazer, I. 2020.Advances in use of entomopathogenic nematodes in IPM, In: Integrated management of insect pests: Current and future developments, M. Kogan and E. A. Heinrichs (Eds.), Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, Pp. 649 – 678. (book chapter).
41. Shapiro-Ilan, D.I., Kaplan, F., Oliveira-Hofman, C., Schliekelman, P., Alborn, H.T., Lewis, E.E., 2019. Conspecific pheromone extracts enhance entomopathogenic infectivity. Journal of Nematology. 51, e2019-82. DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2019-082.
42. Sharma A, and Muniappan R. 2020. IPM package for lentil in Nepal, https://ipmil.cired.vt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lentils-Package-2.pdf.
43. Sharma A, Muniappan R. 2021. IPM for Tropical Crops: Lentil. Invited article submitted to CABI, under review.
44. Some educational videos related to biologicals/microbial control at https://ucanr.edu/SDYouTube
45. Sun^, B., F. Li,^, X. He, F. Cao, E. Bandason, D. Shapiro-Ilan, W. Ruan, S. Wu. 2020. First report of Ovomermis sinensis (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitizing fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in China. Journal of Nematology e2019-82.
46. Usman, M. Gulzar, S., Wakil, W., Piñero, J.C., Leskey, T.C., Nixon, L.J., Oliveira-Hofman, C., Wu, S., and Shapiro-Ilan, D., 2020. Potential of entomopathogenic nematodes against the pupal stage of the apple maggot Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Diptera: Tephritidae). Journal of Nematology, 52, e2020-79.
47. Usman, M., Gulzar, S., Wakil, W., Wu, S., Pinero, J. C., Leskey, T. C., Nixon, L. J., Oliveira-Hofman, C., Toews, M. D., Shapiro-Ilan, D. I., 2020. Virulence of entomopathogenic fungi to Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: Tephritidae) and interactions with entomopathogenic nematodes. Journal of Economic Entomology. 113, 2627–2633. doi: 10.1093/jee/toaa209.
48. Valles, S.M., Firth, A.E. 2020. Solinviviridae. Encyclopedia of Virology. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.21559-8.
49. van den Hoogen, J., S. Geisen, D. H. Wall, D. A. Wardle, W. Traunspurger, R. G. M. de Goede, B. J. Adams, W. Ahmad, H. Ferris, R. D. Bardgett, M. Bonkowski, R. Campos-Herrera, J. E. Cares, T. Caruso, L. de Brito Caixeta, X. Chen, S. R. Costa, R. Creamer, E. C. J. M. da Cunha, M. Dam, D. Djigal, M. Escuer, B. S. Griffiths, C. Gutierrez, K. Hohberg, D. Kalinkina, P. Kardol, A. Kergunteuil, G. Korthals, V. Krashevska, A. A. Kudrin, Q. Li, W. Liang, M. Magilton, M. Marais, J. A. R. Martin, E. Matveeva, E. H. Mayad, E. Mzough, C. Mulder, P. Mullin, R. Neilson, T. A. D. Nguyen, U. N. Nielsen, H. Okada, J. E. P. Rius, K. Pan, V. Peneva, L. Pellissier, J. C. P. da Silva, C. Pitteloud, T. O. Powers, K. Powers, C. W. Quist, S. Rasmann, S. S. Moreno, S. Scheu, H. Setala, A. Sushchuk, A. V. Tiunov, J. Trap, M. Vestergard, C. Villenave, L. Waeyenberge, R. A. Wilschut, D. G. Wright, A. M. Keith, J. I. Yang, O. Schmidt, R. Bouharroud, Z. Ferji, W. H. van der Putten, D. Routh, and T. W. Crowther. 2020. A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition. Sci Data 7:103.
50. Wakil, W., Abdullah, M.T., Al-Sadi, A.M., Shapiro-Ilan, D. 2020. Synergistic interactions between two invertebrate pathogens: an endophytic fungus and an externally applied bacterium. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11, 522368. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.522368.
51. Wu S., Kostromytska O.S., Goble T., Hajek A.E., Koppenhofer A.M. 2020. Compatibility of a clay-based microsclerotial granular formulation of Metarhizium brunneum with fungicides. BioControl. 65, 113-123.
52. Wu, S. Toews, M.D., Hofman, C.O., Behle, R.W., Simmons, A.M. Shapiro-Ilan, D.I. 2020. Environmental tolerance of entomopathogenic fungi: a new strain of Cordyceps javanica isolated from a whitefly epizootic versus commercial fungal strains. Insects. 11, 711; doi:10.3390/insects11100711.
53. Wu, S., Kostromytska, O.S., Goble, T.A., Hajek, A.E., Koppenhӧfer, A.M. 2020. Compatibility of a microsclerotial granular formulation of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium brunneum with fungicides. BioControl 5: 113-123. DOI : 10.1007/s10526-019-09983-9.
54. Zhang, M., C. Yang, C. A. Powell, P. B. Avery, J. Wang, Y. Huang, and Y. Duan. 2019. Field evaluation of integrated management for mitigating citrus huanglongbing in Florida. Frontiers in Plant Science 9: 1890 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01890.

Special issues of journals (Dr. Surendra Dara):

1. Published the Journal of Invertebrate Pathology special issue on “Regional status of microbial control programs and practices”. Editors: Steve Arthurs and Surendra Dara
2. Working on the special issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health on “Current status, challenges, and prospects of biopesticides”. Editors: Surendra Dara and Stefan Jaronski.
3. Working on the special issue of Frontiers on “Entomopathogens for sustainable food production”. Editors: Surendra Dara, Steve Arthurs, and Bob Behle.
4. Special Issue: “Invasive Arthropod Species”, Journal Insects. Editors: Jose C Verle Rodrigues and Todd Gilligan.