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Biocontrol Science and Technology Volume 19, 2009 - Issue 8
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The potential of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana isolates for the control of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae

César Ronald Pereira Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, CEP 28013-602, Brazil
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Adriano Rodrigues de Paula Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, CEP 28013-602, Brazil
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Simone Azevedo Gomes Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, CEP 28013-602, Brazil
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Paulo César Oliveira Pedra Jr Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, CEP 28013-602, Brazil
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Richard Ian Samuels Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, CEP 28013-602, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 881-886 | Received 26 May 2009, Published online: 04 Sep 2009
 
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Abstract

Fungal isolates were screened against Aedes aegypti larvae. Exposure of larvae to conidial suspensions resulted in 6–90% mortality. An inoculum persistence assay using one of the most virulent isolates showed an approximate half-life of 10 days in water containers. Not all larvae surviving to form pupae resulted in adult emergence.

Acknowledgements

Professor Francisco J.A. Lemos (UENF) for advice and supplying the insects used here. FAPERJ for financial support (E-26/111.586/2008), TENORTE for the technician grants for Paulo César de Oliveria Pedra Jr and Aline Teixeira Carolino. Richard Ian Samuels is a CNPq research fellow.

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