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Tariq M. Butt is affiliated with Swansea University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields, including insect science, plant science, molecular biology, genetics, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's notable research topics include:

  • Entomopathogenic microorganisms in pest control
  • Insect pest control strategies
  • Insect resistance and genetics
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Insect and pesticide research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Insect utilization and effects

Tariq M. Butt has published extensively in several journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Fungi
  • Research Square
  • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
  • Journal of Medical Entomology
  • Biological Control

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Tariq M. Butt demonstrate a focus on the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium and its applications in pest and nematode control. Examples include:

  • Volatile organic compounds of Metarhizium brunneum influence the efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes in insect control, 2020, Biological Control
  • Volatiles of the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium brunneum, attract and kill plant parasitic nematodes, 2020, Biological Control
  • Antimicrobial Volatiles of the Insect Pathogen Metarhizium brunneum, 2022, Journal of Fungi
  • Metarhizium anisopliae blastospores are highly virulent to adult Aedes aegypti, an important arbovirus vector, 2021, Parasites & Vectors
  • Telomere length de novo assembly of all 7 chromosomes and mitogenome sequencing of the model entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium brunneum, by means of a novel assembly pipeline, 2021, BMC Genomics

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Martyn J. Wood
  • Zack Saud
  • Alexandra M. Kortsinoglou
  • Vassili N. Kouvelis
  • James C. Bull

Best Publications

  • Use of hyphomycetous fungi for managing insect pests.

    G. D. Inglis;M. S. Goettel;T. M. Butt;H. Strasser

  • Fungi as Biocontrol Agents: Progress, Problems and Potential

    T. M. Butt;C. Jackson;N. Magan

  • Dual Detection of Fungal Infections in Drosophila via Recognition of Glucans and Sensing of Virulence Factors

    Marie Gottar;Vanessa Gobert;Alexey A. Matskevich;Jean-Marc Reichhart

  • Toxic metabolites of fungal biocontrol agents.

    A. Vey;R. E. Hoagland;T. M. Butt;C. Jackson

  • Are There any Risks in Using Entomopathogenic Fungi for Pest Control, with Particular Reference to the Bioactive Metabolites of Metarhizium, Tolypocladium and Beauveria species?

    Hermann Strasser;Alain Vey;Tariq M. Butt

  • Entomopathogenic Fungi: New Insights into Host-Pathogen Interactions.

    Tariq Butt;Christopher Coates;Ivan Dubovskiy;Norman Ratcliffe

  • Obesity Drives STAT-1-Dependent NASH and STAT-3-Dependent HCC.

    Marcus Grohmann;Florian Wiede;Garron Gt Dodd;Esteban Nicolas Gurzov

  • Bioassays of entomogenous fungi.

    T. M. Butt;M. S. Goettel;A. Navon;K. R. S. Ascher

  • Commercial use of fungi as plant disease biological control agents: status and prospects.

    J. M. Whipps;R. D. Lumsden;T. M. Butt;C. Jackson

  • Production, stabilization and formulation of fungal biocontrol agents.

    S. P. Wraight;M. A. Jackson;S. L. de Kokc;T. M. Butt

  • Nutrition influences growth and virulence of the insect-pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae.

    Farooq A. Shah;Cheng S. Wang;Tariq M. Butt

  • Insect natural products and processes: New treatments for human disease

    Norman A. Ratcliffe;Cicero B. Mello;Eloi S. Garcia;Tariq M. Butt

  • Introduction - fungal biological control agents: progress, problems and potential.

    T. M. Butt;C. W. Jackson;N. Magan;C. Jackson

  • Pathogenicity of the Hyphomycete Fungi Verticillium lecanii and Metarhizium anisopliae to the Western Flower Thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis

    S. Vestergaard;A. T. Gillespie;T. M. Butt;G. Schreiter

  • More than a colour change: insect melanism, disease resistance and fecundity.

    I. M. Dubovskiy;M. M. A. Whitten;V. Y. Kryukov;O. N. Yaroslavtseva

  • Productionin vitro of appressoria by the entomopathogenic fungusMetarhizium anisopliae

    Raymond J. St.Leger;Tariq M. Butt;Mark S. Goettel;Richard C. Staples

  • Effect of nutrition on growth and virulence of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana.

    S. A. Safavi;S. A. Safavi;Farooq A. Shah;Aziz K. Pakdel;G. Reza Rasoulian

  • Can Insects Develop Resistance to Insect Pathogenic Fungi

    Ivan M. Dubovskiy;Miranda M. A. Whitten;Olga N. Yaroslavtseva;Carolyn Greig

  • Pathogenicity of the entomogenous fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana against crucifer pests and the honey bee

    T. M. Butt;L. Ibrahim;B. V. Ball;S. J. Clark

  • The nematophagous fungus Verticillium chlamydosporium produces a chymoelastase-like protease which hydrolyses host nematode proteins in situ.

    Rudi Segers;Tariq M. Butt;Brian R. Kerry;John F. Peberdy

Frequent Co-Authors

Chengshu Wang
Chengshu Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Naresh Magan
Naresh Magan Cranfield University
Brian R. Kerry
Brian R. Kerry Rothamsted Research
David J. Bertioli
David J. Bertioli University of Georgia
Suzanne J. Clark
Suzanne J. Clark Rothamsted Research
Ingrid H. Williams
Ingrid H. Williams Estonian University of Life Sciences
Norman A. Ratcliffe
Norman A. Ratcliffe Swansea University
Andreas Vilcinskas
Andreas Vilcinskas University of Giessen
Richard A. Humber
Richard A. Humber Agricultural Research Service
Donald W. Roberts
Donald W. Roberts Boyce Thompson Institute

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