Avalia??o in vitro dos efeitos de Isaria farinosa, I. fumosorosea, Paecilomyces lilacinus e Lecanicillium lecanii sobre Boophilus microplus

• Autor(a) principal: Angelo, Isabele da Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRRJ
• Texto Completo: https://tede.ufrrj.br/jspui/handle/tede/748
• topic: Boophilus microplus; controle biol?gico; entomopat?genos; biological control; entomopathogens; Parasitologia

Boophilus microplus is an ectoparasite which causes great economic losses around the world. The exclusive use of acaricides and the inadequate management have conducted the development of resistance in ticks populations, environmental and food contamination by acaricides and their residues. The use of entomopathogenic fungi to arthropods control has shown interesting responses. Several studies have proved the pathogenicity of fungi toward various ticks species. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of Isaria farinosa, I. fumosorosea, Paecilomyces lilacinus and Lecanicillium lecanii toward engorged females, eggs and larvae of B. microplus tick. The isolates were cultured on malt extract medium at 25 ? 1?C and 80% of relative humidity for 15 days. Conidial suspensions were prepared in Tween 80 water solution (0.1% v/v). There were 4 treatment groups according to the following conidial concentrations: 105, 106, 107 and 108 conidia mL-1. The control group was made up of water and Tween 80 only (0.1% v/v). Treatment was based on immersion of the specimen in 1 mL of the conidial suspension. Each treatment group was made up of 10 repetitions. Changes in biology of engorged females, eggs viability and larvae mortality, were observed every 5 days up to the 20th day after treatment. The results have shown that L. lecanii changed biological parameters in engorged females through the reduction in posture period, nutritional rate, eggs production rate, and increase of incubation period. Isaria farinosa has shown reduction in posture period and in nutritional rate. Paecilomyces lilacinus was the unique isolate able to reduce the eclosion period of larvae from infected females. Isaria fumosorosea has reduced the nutritional rate and was the unique isolate that changed significantly in eclosion period when eggs were infected. Conidial concentrations reduced reproduction capacity of engorged females. The isolates of I. fumosorosea and L. lecanii have presented major potential to control B. microplus engorged females. All tested isolates have shown pathogenicity toward unfed larvae of B. microplus after in vitro infection.