Pathogenicity, host range and temperature tolerance of Crypticola clavulifera (Oomycetes: Lagenidiales) in the laboratory.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1991

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

7

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

504-506

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Frances SP.

 

Abstract

The Oomycete fungus Crypticola clavulifera was pathogenic for laboratory-reared and field-collected larval Diptera, including the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti, Ae. notoscriptus, Anopheles farauti No. 1 and 3, Culex annulirostris, Cx. quinquefasciatus and the chironomid midge Chironomus tepperi. Zoospores were produced in water held at 15, 20 and 25 degrees C and were pathogenic for Ae. aegypti larvae, but at 30 and 35 degrees C zoospores were not produced.

Notes

Author(s) - Frances SP.