Susceptibility of Anopheles messeae Fall. and Culex pipiens pipiens L. Larvae to Entomopathogenic Fungi Metarhizium
V. P. KHODYREV, I. M. DUBOVSKIY, V. Yu. KRYUKOV, V. V. GLUPOV
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals SB RAS, 630091, Novosibirsk, Frunze str., 11
Keywords: susceptibility, larvae Anopheles messeae, Culex p. piрiens, entomopatogenic fungi, Metarhizium
Abstract
The mortality rate of Anopheles messeae Fall. and Culex piрiens piрiens L. mosquito larvae infected with entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium brunneum and M. robertsii was studied in laboratory conditions. It was shown that C. piрiens larvae was more susceptible to water suspension of fungal conidia, while A. messeae larvae was more susceptible to treatment with dry conidia. Mortality of mosquito larvae infected with the most virulent strain and dose of 2 × 106 conidia / cm2 was 87.5-92.5 %. The prospects of the use of fungi in biocontrol of mosquito are discussed herein.
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