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22 November 2022 The Potential of a New Beauveria bassiana Isolate for Mosquito Larval Control
Patil Tawidian, Qing Kang, Kristin Michel
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The African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae Giles (Diptera: Culicidae), and the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus Skuse (Diptera: Culicidae) are of public health concern due to their ability to transmit disease-causing parasites and pathogens. Current mosquito control strategies to prevent vector-borne diseases rely mainly on the use of chemicals. However, insecticide resistance in mosquito populations necessitates alternative control measures, including biologicals such as entomopathogenic fungi. Here we report the impact of a new Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin (Hyprocreales: Cordycipitaeceae) isolate, isolated from field-collected Ae. albopictus larvae on mosquito survival and development. Larval infection bioassays using three B. bassiana conidial concentrations were performed on the second and third larval instars of An. gambiae and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes. Larvae were monitored daily for survival and development to pupae and adults. Our results show that B. bassiana MHK was more effective in killing An. gambiae than Ae. albopictus larvae. We further observed delays in development to pupae and adults in both mosquito species exposed the varying concentrations of B. bassiana as compared to the water control. In addition, larval exposure to B. bassiana reduced adult male and female survival in both mosquito species, further contributing to mosquito population control. Thus, this study identifies a new B. bassiana isolate as a possible biological control agent of two mosquito species of public health concern, increasing the arsenal for integrated mosquito control.

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Patil Tawidian, Qing Kang, and Kristin Michel "The Potential of a New Beauveria bassiana Isolate for Mosquito Larval Control," Journal of Medical Entomology 60(1), 131-147, (22 November 2022). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjac179
Received: 12 August 2022; Accepted: 23 October 2022; Published: 22 November 2022
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KEYWORDS
Aedes albopictus
Anopheles gambiae
entomopathogenic fungus
mosquito control
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