Fungi as Biocontrol Agents Progress Problems and Potential

Introduction - fungal biological control agents: progress, problems and potential; Commercial use of fungi as plant disease biological control agents: status and prospects; Use of hyphomycetous fungi for managing insect pests; Biology, ecology and pest management potential of entomophthorales; Exploitation of the nematophagous fungus Verticillium chlamydosporium goddard for the biological control of root-knot nematodes; Fungal biocontrol agents of weeds; Monitoring the fate of biocontrol fungi; Prospects for strain improvement of fungal pathogens of insects and weeds; Physiological approaches to improving the ecological fitness of fungal biocontrol agents; Production, stabilization and formulation of fungal biocontrol agents; the spray application of mycopesticide formulations; Toxic metabolites of fungal biocontrol agents; Fungal biological control agents - appraisal and recommendations.