dc.contributor.author | Kaaya Godwin P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Munyinyi DM. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-18T06:35:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-18T06:35:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1995-11 | |
dc.identifier.citation | J Invertebr Pathol. 1995 Nov;66(3):237-41. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/35263 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8568279 | |
dc.description.abstract | Spores of two entomogenous fungi, Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae, were mixed with sterile sand at two different concentrations (1.0 and 0.5 g/liter) and larvae of tsetse flies Glossina morsitans morsitans allowed to pupate in it, simulating field larviposition sites. One gram weight of B. bassiana-sand mixture was estimated to contain 1.4 x 10(6) spores/g and that of M. anisopliae-sand mixture 2.3 x 10(6) spores/g. Adult tsetse emerging from pupae in sand-spore mixtures suffered heavy mortalities 2-10 days postemergence. The highest mortality recorded at 1.0 g/liter was 97% for B. bassiana and 80% for M. anisopliae. Lower spore concentrations produced lower mortalities. Possibilities of biocontrol of tsetse in the field using mycopesticides at breeding sites are discussed. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi. | en |
dc.title | Biocontrol potential of the entomogenous fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae for tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) at developmental sites | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | School of Biological Sciences | en |