Table 1.

Most common biopolymer-based formulations for entomopathogenic fungi.

Bio- Polymer	Entomopathogenic Fungus	Preparation Method	Target Insects	Delivery Method	Commercial Products	References
Alginate	Metharizium spp.	Microspheres	Western corn rootworm, cabbage looper, diamondback moth, greenhouse whitefly, Black cutworm, fall armyworm, corn earworm Colorado potato beetle, fall armyworm, corn earworm	Spraying on plant or soil	NoFly WP, Bioinsecticide MC	[30]
	Beauveria sp.	Micro-spheres	Cabbage looper, Diamondback moth, Western corn rootworm Chilli thrips, Greenhouse whitefly, Silverleaf whitefly Cabbage looper, European corn borer, fall armyworm	Spraying on plant or soil	Botanigard, Mycotrol NoFly WP, Bioinsecticide MC	[18,24,31]
Chitosan	Beauveria sp.	Pellets	Colorado potato beetle, western flower thrips, diamondback moth	Direct application to plant or insect	N/A	[32]
		Beads	Asian citrus psyllid	Direct application to plant or insect	N/A	[33]
	Metarhizium anisopliae Trichoderma asperellum	Microspheres/Nanoparticles	Plutella xylostella Fusarium oxysporum, Sclerotium rolfsii and Rhizoctonia solani	Direct application to plant or insect	N/A	[34,35]
Starch	Beauveria sp.	Nano-particles	Chilli thrips, western flower thrips, western corn rootworm Colorado potato beetle, western corn rootworm, diamondback moth European corn borer, fall armyworm, diamondback moth	Spraying on plant or soil	N/A	[36]
	Metarhizium spp.	Nano-particles	Western corn rootworm, diamondback moth, cabbage looper	Spraying on plant or soil	N/A	[37]