Anopheline and culicine mosquitoes are not repelled by surfaces treated with the entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana

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dc.contributor.authorMnyone, L. L.
dc.contributor.authorKoenraadt, C. J. M.
dc.contributor.authorLyimo, I. N.
dc.contributor.authorMpingwa, M. W.
dc.contributor.authorTakken, W.
dc.contributor.authorRussell, T. L.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-13T10:30:51Z
dc.date.available2018-06-13T10:30:51Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionParasites & Vectors, 2010; 3 (8).en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Entomopathogenic fungi, Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana, are promising bio-pesticides for application against adult malaria mosquito vectors. An understanding of the behavioural responses of mosquitoes towards these fungi is necessary to guide development of fungi beyond the ‘proof of concept’ stage and to design suitable intervention tools. Methods: Here we tested whether oil-formulations of the two fungi could be detected and avoided by adult Anopheles gambiae s.s., Anopheles arabiensis and Culex quinquefasciatus. The bioassays used a glass chamber divided into three compartments (each 250 × 250 × 250 mm): release, middle and stimulus compartments. Netting with or without fungus was fitted in front of the stimulus compartment. Mosquitoes were released and the proportion that entered the stimulus compartment was determined and compared between treatments. Treatments were untreated netting (control 1), netting with mineral oil (control 2) and fungal conidia formulated in mineral oil evaluated at three different dosages (2 × 1010, 4 × 1010 and 8 × 1010 conidia m-2). Results: Neither fungal strain was repellent as the mean proportion of mosquitoes collected in the stimulus compartment did not differ between experiments with surfaces treated with and without fungus regardless of the fungal isolate and mosquito species tested. Conclusion: Our results indicate that mineral-oil formulations of M. anisopliae and B. bassiana were not repellent against the mosquito species tested. Therefore, both fungi are suitable candidates for the further development of tools that aim to control host-seeking or resting mosquitoes using entomopathogenic fungi.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/2324
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherParasites & Vectorsen_US
dc.subjectEntomopathogenic Fungusen_US
dc.subjectGlass Chamberen_US
dc.subjectFungal Conidiumen_US
dc.subjectMetarhzium anisopiaeen_US
dc.subjectMalaria vector controlen_US
dc.subjectBeuveria bassianeen_US
dc.subjectBio-pesticidesen_US
dc.titleAnopheline and culicine mosquitoes are not repelled by surfaces treated with the entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassianaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlhttp://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/3/1/80en_US

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