The role of Entomopathogenic Fungi as Biological Control Agents Against Agricultural Insect Pests

Sophisticated biological control are vital, ecofriendly environmentally beneficial solutions. Using entomopathogenic fungi is vital and crucial biological control strategies. The current study is designed to use several fungal formulations including entomopathogenic fungi to control (ctrl) Spodoptera littoralis larvae in soybean crops. Bioassays of Spodoptera littoralis larvae treated with fungal entomopathogens showed mortality rates ranging from 86.60% for LPSc, 1098 to about 56.60% (Metarhizium anisopliae L.) for LPS, 907). Laboratory trials various formulation of (B. bassiana L.) were used, formulation 4 (LPS., 1084) exposure mortality percentage to hundred percent, and formulation 5. (LPS., 1098) with 97.0%. Under field conditions, larval mortality was 80% for formulation 4 and 60% for formulation F5. Field experiments with LPS., 1084 are required. Finally, investigation indicate that fungal formulation could be employed in the field to manage Spodoptera littoralis.