Metarhizium mendonceae sp. nov.: An important biological control agent for insect pests

• Jayara Dayany da Costa Silva,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Federal Institute of Piauí, Oeiras, Piauí, Brazil

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• Paulo Roberto Ramalho Silva,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Science, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

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• Solange Maria de França,

  Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agronomy Department, State University of Maranhão, Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil

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• Ibrahim A. Saleh,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Science, Zarqa University, Zarqa, Jordan

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• Francisco de Alcântara Neto,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Science, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

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• Mohamed A. El-Tayeb,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Kedma da Silva Matos,

  Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy Federal University of Roraima, Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil

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• Mostafa A. Abdel-Maksoud,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Sarah da Silva Costa Guimarães,

  Roles Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Phytopathology, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Alan Mario Zuffo,

  Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agronomy Department, State University of Maranhão, Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9704-5325

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• Gilvan Ferreira da Silva,

  Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

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• Antônio Roberto Gomes de Farias,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand

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• Marcus Eugênio Oliveira Briozo,

  Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Science, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

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• Hamada AbdElgawad,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Maruzanete Pereira de Melo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fitomaru@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural Planning, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piaui, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0110-8702

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