Alternative control agents, hopefully overcoming the present issues and problems in agrochemicals, should be considered and finally applied to the vector controls. Entomopathogenic fungi can used as one of the possible novel control agents and great considerations are given to the control of soil- or water-dwelling stages of vectors, such as mosquitoes and ticks. In our research group, the entomopathogenic fungal library has been constructed using the mealworm-based isolation system, which showed a variety of opportunities of their use in vector control. Important key production technologies including granular formulation have been developed to increase their industrialization. Some entomopathogenic fungal isolates showed high biological performance in the control of mosquitoes and ticks in field stands. R&D of down-stream process should be seriously considered as the key step.

• Jae Su Kim(Department of Agricultural Biology, Chonbuk National University, Korea, Plant Medical Research Center, Chonbuk National University, Korea)
• Sihyeon Kim(Department of Agricultural Biology, Chonbuk National University, Korea)
• Se Jin Lee(Department of Agricultural Biology, Chonbuk National University, Korea)
• Mi Rong Lee(Department of Agricultural Biology, Chonbuk National University, Korea)
• Jong Cheol Kim(Department of Agricultural Biology, Chonbuk National University, Korea)