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17 June 2022 Miniaturization of F1 Adults from Female Aedes aegypti Exposed to Beauveria bassiana-Contaminated Males in a Two-Factor Design
Alberto García, Otilio García, Martha Velázquez, Carlos García, Argelia García, Hipólito Cortez
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Abstract

Aedes aegypti was exposed to entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae. Groups of females were confined with males contaminated with M. anisopliae. After oviposition, eggs were incubated and larvae were fed until pupation; wing length was measured in the F1 generation.The median LT50 was calculated using the Kaplan-Meier model, with adult F1 mosquitoes and their mothers surviving 9 days.Thirty-two percent of the treated females laid 205 eggs; of them, 41% emerged as miniaturized, noninfected adults.

Aedes aegypti fue expuesto a los hongos entomopatógenos Beauveria bassiana y Metarhizium anisopliae. Se confinaron grupos de hembras con machos contaminados con M. anisopliae. Tras la oviposición, se incubaron las nubes de huevos y se alimentó a las larvas hasta la pupación; se midió la longitud del ala en F1. La mediana de la DL50 se calculó mediante el modelo de Kaplan-Meier. Los mosquitos adultos F1 y sus madres tenían la misma tasa de supervivencia (DL50 = 9 días). El 32% de las hembras tratadas pusieron 205 huevos; de éstos, el 41% emergieron como adultos miniaturizados y no infectados.

Alberto García, Otilio García, Martha Velázquez, Carlos García, Argelia García, and Hipólito Cortez "Miniaturization of F1 Adults from Female Aedes aegypti Exposed to Beauveria bassiana-Contaminated Males in a Two-Factor Design," Southwestern Entomologist 47(2), 299-302, (17 June 2022). https://doi.org/10.3958/059.047.0205
Published: 17 June 2022
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