title: Conidial acquisition and survivorship of adult Asian longhorned beetles exposed to flat versus shaggy agar fungal bands.
abstract: Fungal bands can deliver lethal conidial doses to adult Asian longhorned beetles. Because higher doses result in shorter survival times, developing a method to deliver more conidia to beetles walking across the fungal bands is desirable. We compared fungal bands made using standard flat material to bands made using a shaggy, textured material. The median survival time of adult beetles exposed to shaggy bands was reduced to 10 d versus 18 d for beetles exposed to flat bands. Beetles climbing across shaggy bands acquired 1.83×10(6) conidia per beetle, which was 14.6 times greater than beetles exposed to flat bands.
authors: Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-2601, USA. tau2@cornell.edu
authors: Todd A
authors: TA
authors: Ugine
authors: Nina E
authors: NE
authors: Jenkins
authors: Sana
authors: S
authors: Gardescu
authors: Ann E
authors: AE
authors: Hajek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D008297:Male; D052981:Metarhizium / Q000502:physiology*; D010572:Pest Control, Biological / Q000379:methods*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000502:physiology*; D013499:Surface Properties