| Title: | Performance of a prototype baited-trap in attracting and infecting the tick Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) in field experiments |
| Author(s): | Maranga RO; Hassanali A; Kaaya GP; Mueke JM; |
| Address: | "Department of Zoology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O Box 62000, Nairobi, Kenya. bellamaranga@yahoo.com" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10493-006-0002-6 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0168-8162 (Print) 0168-8162 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Investigations were commenced to study the potential use of the fungi, Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, and the attraction-aggregation-attachment pheromone (AAAP) for the control of Ambloyomma variegatum as an environmentally friendly technology. The objective of the study was to develop and test a device, which could be used for pheromone and carbon dioxide delivery and infection of ticks with the fungi in an attempt to control the tick populations in the vegetation. Using a pheromone-baited device treated with the fungi mixture, 79% of the ticks released were attracted and exposed to the fungi and of these, 78% died during incubation in the laboratory. In another set of experiments, of the released ticks that were similarly exposed to fungi using the pheromone-baited device and left in the vegetation, 33.8% were recovered compared to recoveries of between 76 and 84% in the controls. These results were significantly different at the 5% level, an indication that the pheromone/fungi mixtures had significant effect in reducing the tick population in the field" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Ascomycota/*growth & development Dry Ice Female Ixodidae/*growth & development/microbiology Male Pest Control, Biological/*methods Pheromones Tick Control/*methods Tick Infestations/*prevention & control;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineMaranga, R O Hassanali, A Kaaya, G P Mueke, J M eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Netherlands 2006/04/06 Exp Appl Acarol. 2006; 38(2-3):211-8. doi: 10.1007/s10493-006-0002-6" |
