Impact of endophytic colonization by entomopathogenic fungi on the behavior and life history of the tobacco peach aphid Myzus persicae var. nicotianae

• Liesbet Wilberts,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), CMPG Laboratory for Process Microbial Ecology and Bioinspirational Management (PME&BIM), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Leuven Plant Institute (LPI), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5582-8767

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• József Vuts,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom

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• John C. Caulfield,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom

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• Gareth Thomas,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2829-7814

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• Michael A. Birkett,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom

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• Beatriz Herrera-Malaver,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department M2S, CMPG Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium

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• Kevin J. Verstrepen,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department M2S, CMPG Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium

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• Islam S. Sobhy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), CMPG Laboratory for Process Microbial Ecology and Bioinspirational Management (PME&BIM), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

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• Hans Jacquemyn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Leuven Plant Institute (LPI), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Population Biology, Biology Department, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Bart Lievens

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bart.lievens@kuleuven.be

  Affiliations Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), CMPG Laboratory for Process Microbial Ecology and Bioinspirational Management (PME&BIM), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Leuven Plant Institute (LPI), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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