Effects of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin on the mortality of different life stages of the western cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis indifferens Curran (Diptera: Tephritidae), were determined in laboratory tests. When teneral adults were exposed to fungal spores mixed in soil (7.63 × 105 and 1.61 × 106 spores/g) or applied to the surface of soil (1.14 × 106 and 2.28 × 106 spores/cm2) with 13 to 30% moisture, adult emergence was not reduced, but 14.9 to 68.0% of emerging adults were infected at death. When adult flies were exposed to various concentrations of dry spores inside vials, 15 mg (4.59 × 108 spores/10 flies) was the lowest needed for 100% mortality at 7 d post exposure, and resulted in 5.96 × 106 spores adhering to each fly. Females exposed to 1.80 mg (5.51 × 107 spores/10 flies) laid as many eggs as control females between 0 and 3 d post exposure, but due to mortality infected flies laid fewer eggs between 3 and 7 d. Third-instar larvae exposed to treated soil (9.63 × 104 to 4.81 × 106 spores/cm2) with 20% moisture were not infected.
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April 01 2005
Mortality of Different Life Stages of Rhagoletis indifferens (Diptera: Tephritidae) Exposed to the Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae
Wee L. Yee;
Wee L. Yee
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USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Service, 5230 Konnowac Pass Road, Wapato, WA 98951 USA
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Lawrence A. Lacey
Lawrence A. Lacey
USDA-ARS, Yakima Agricultural Research Service, 5230 Konnowac Pass Road, Wapato, WA 98951 USA
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Journal of Entomological Science (2005) 40 (2): 167–177.
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Received:
September 24 2004
Accepted:
November 29 2004
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Wee L. Yee, Lawrence A. Lacey; Mortality of Different Life Stages of Rhagoletis indifferens (Diptera: Tephritidae) Exposed to the Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. Journal of Entomological Science 1 April 2005; 40 (2): 167–177. doi: https://doi.org/10.18474/0749-8004-40.2.167
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