ISSN 2736-173X
African Journal of Malaria and Tropical Diseases ISSN 4123-0981 Vol. 3 (4), pp. 110-112, April, 2015. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
An evaluation of entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae as a biocontrol agent for the adult mosquito of Anopheles stephensi (Malarial vector)
*Tendulkar S. Singh, Gandhi K. Prakash and Raj Mittal Mahatma
Division of Entomology, Department of Zoology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India.
*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]
Accepted 14 March, 2015
Abstract
The entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae is being considered as a biocontrol agent for the adult mosquito of Anopheles stephensi (Malarial vector). The present experiment was carried out in the laboratory of 30-50 male and female adult mosquitoes were exposed to M. anisopliae (exposed to 1 x 106 conidia/ml of oil or water suspension). In our results, there was 96% and 94% adult mortality was observed in oil and water formulated conidia of M. anisopliae. Similarly, adult emergency rate was also decreased with increasing concentration (1x108 conidia/ml). Finally, we conclude that the fungal spores or cells developed within insect cuticle which is suppress the cellular defence system and also fungal grow on the legs and wings to arrest the mosquito movement.
Key words: Entomopathogenic fungi, Metarhizium anisopliae, Anopheles stephensi.