Lajos Szatmári

The red imported fire ant ( Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972) is a globally significant invasive species, causing extensive agricultural, human health, and biodiversity damage amounting to billions of dollars worldwide. The pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (Metchnikoff) Sorokin (1883), widely distributed in natural environments, [...] Read more.

1. Introduction The search for technical solutions in the organic world has deep roots lost in the early times of human history. For example, almost all the cultures discovered that the scaled surface of various reptiles may work as a protective shield, hence the helms of the warriors mimicked crocodile or turtle armour, and as the applied technology advanced the material, they turned from animal skin to steel wire.