Laboratory resistance of the mosquito Anopheles quadrimaculatus to the Mermithid nematode Diximermis peterseni.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1977

Original Publication

Mosquito News

Volume

37

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

192-195

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Woodard, D. B. and T. Fukuda.

 

Abstract

Larvae of a Lake Charles colony of Anopheles quadrimaculatus that has been used for 4 years to produce Diximermis peterseni now show resistance to this biological agent. The infection rate by the nematode is only half that of the Gainesville colony from which the Lake Charles colony originated. The mechanism of resistance was observed to be avoidance of attack by larvae when nematode larvae were present.

Notes

Author(s) - Woodard, D. B. and T. Fukuda.