Entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana (Cordycipitaceae) effect on the bark beetle Ips typographus (L.) under field conditions

The spruce bark beetle <em>Ips typographus</em> L. attack progression (maternal and larval galleries) and parents and offspring mortality rate, were assessed in managed forests of the Poiana Ruscă and Bihor Mountains, Western Romanian Carpathians, by using fungal (<em>Beauveria bassiana</em>) treatments.