@article{fdi:010053713,
  title = {{D}issemination of entomopathogenic fungi using {B}usseola fusca male as vector},
  author = {{M}aniania, {N}. {K}. and {O}una, {E}. and {A}huya, {P}eter and {F}r{\'e}rot, {B}. and {F}{\'e}lix, {A}. {E}. and {L}e {R}ü, {B}runo and {C}alatayud, {P}aul-{A}ndr{\'e}},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he stem borer, {B}usseola fusca ({F}uller), is an important pest of maize {Z}ea mays {L}. and sorghum {S}orghum bicolor ({L}.) in eastern and southern {A}frica. {T}o control this pest, biological control methods including the use of entomopathogenic fungi are being considered. {T}he pathogenicity of one isolate of {M}etarhizium anisopliae ({M}etsch.) {S}orok. and one isolate of {B}eauveria bassiana {B}als. ({V}uill.) were first tested on different developmental stages of {B}. fusca including eggs, neonate, 2nd and 3rd-instar larvae. {B}oth fungal isolates were pathogenic to all the stages tested. {H}owever, differences in mortality were observed among larvae that hatched from treated egg masses. {E}xperiments were conducted thereafter to test whether {B}. fusca males could serve as a vector for fungal conidia to contaminate {B}. fusca females and subsequently eggs and larvae. {R}esults demonstrated that {B}. fusca males successfully transferred inoculum to females during copulation, which in turn transmitted it to the eggs they laid on maize plants, resulting in the decrease of leaf damages.},
  keywords = {{S}tem borer ; {B}usseola fusca ; {E}ntomopathogenic fungi ; {M}etarhizium anisopliae ; {B}eauveria bassiana ; {A}utodissemination},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{B}iological {C}ontrol},
  volume = {58},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {374--378},
  ISSN = {1049-9644},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.05.012},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053713},
}