Larvicidal and Immunomodulatory Effects of Conidia and Blastospores of Beauveria bassiana and Beauveria brongniartii in Aedes aegypti.

ABSTRACT: The increasing global burden of mosquito-borne diseases and the widespread development of insecticide resistance in mosquitoes have fueled renewed interest in entomopathogenic fungi as effective tools that are compatible with existing mosquito control strategies. These fungi produce different types of infective propagules, including hydrophobic conidia and yeast-like blastospores, which differ in structure, mode of infection, and virulence. In this study, we evaluated the larvicidal activity of conidial and blastospore propagules from Beauveria bassiana MBC076 and Beauveria brongniartii MBC397 against Aedes aegypti. Conidia exhibited more rapid and more potent larvicidal effects compared to blastospores, but the overall survival at seven days post-infection was similar between the two type

SUBMITTER: Ramirez JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12387533 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature