The poster (Bioprospecting environmental fungi of Crete for the development of mosquito biopesticides) presented by the post-doctoral researcher Joel da Cruz Couceiro reported on the isolation and screening of fungal strains against mosquito larvae to identify potential candidates for development as biocontrol agents. Forty-six fungal isolates were obtained from a range of diverse habitats in Crete. Following preliminary and secondary bioassays conducted against larvae of Culex pipiens molestus, 9 isolates had shown promising larvicidal activity, including isolates from genera not fully explored for biological control.

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