Pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) and permethrin to Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs |
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Authors: | V. L. Hornbostel Elyes Zhioua Michael A. Benjamin Howard S. Ginsberg Richard S. Ostfeld |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Box AB (Route 44A), 12545-0129 Millbrook, NY, USA;(2) Fisheries Animal and Veterinary Sciences Department, Tick Research Laboratory, University of Rhode Island, 127 Woodward Hall, 02881 Kingston, RI, USA;(3) Laboratoire Ecologie des Systèmes Vectoriels, Institut Pasteur, 13 Place Pasteur, BP 74 1002, Tunis-Belvèdère, Tunisia;(4) USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Woodward-PLS, University of Rhode Island, 02881 Kingston, RI, USA |
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Abstract: | Effectiveness of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae, for controlling nymphal Ixodes scapularis, was tested in laboratory and field trials. In the laboratory, M. anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin strain ESC1 was moderately pathogenic, with an LC50 of 107 spores/ml and induced 70% mortality at 109 spores/ml. In a field study, however, 109 spores/ml M. anisopliae did not effectively control questing I. scapularis nymphs, and significant differences were not detected in pre- and post-treatment densities. For nymphs collected and returned to the laboratory for observation, mortality was low in treatment groups, ranging from 20 to 36%. To assess whether a chemical acaricide would synergistically enhance pathogenicity of the fungus, we challenged unfed nymphal I. scapularis with combinations of M. anisopliae and permethrin, a relatively safe pyrethroid acaricide, in two separate bioassays. Significant interactions between M. anisopliae and permethrin were not observed, supporting neither synergism nor antagonism. |
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Keywords: | Acaricide Biological control Ixodes scapularis Lyme disease Metarhizium anisopliae Tick control |
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