Performance of a prototype baited-trap in attracting and infecting the tick Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) in field experiments

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dc.contributor.author Maranga, R.O.
dc.contributor.author HASSANALI, A.
dc.contributor.author KAAYA, G.P.
dc.contributor.author MUEKE, J.M.
dc.date.accessioned 2012-09-28T15:05:45Z
dc.date.accessioned 2013-07-19T07:48:03Z
dc.date.available 2012-09-28T15:05:45Z
dc.date.available 2013-07-19T07:48:03Z
dc.date.issued 2006
dc.identifier.uri http://www.springerlink.com/index/W6T694505822R416.pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1612
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/930
dc.description full research article en_US
dc.description.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. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Springer en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Experimental and Applied Acarology (2006);38:211–218
dc.subject Attraction-aggregation-attachment pheromone en_US
dc.subject Fungi en_US
dc.subject Vegetation en_US
dc.title Performance of a prototype baited-trap in attracting and infecting the tick Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) in field experiments en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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    Medical Laboratory; Agriculture & environmental Biotecthology; Biochemistry; Molecular Medicine, Applied Epidemiology; Medicinal PhytochemistryPublic Health;

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