Production of oogonia and oospores of leptolegnia chapmanii Seymour (Straminipila: Peronosporomycetes) in Aedes aegypti larvae at different temperatures

PELIZZA, S.A., SCORSETTI, A.C., LOPEZ LASTRA, C.C. & GARCIA J.J.

MYCOPATHOLOGIA

SPRINGER

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2009

0301-486X

The aquatic oomycete leptolegnia chapmanii Seymour  is pathogenic to mosquito larvae , but it has been little studied since it was first isolated. Although studies have been performed on different biological isolates of L. chapmanii around the world , they were made on zoospores and very little or even nothing is known about the sexual stage (oogonia and oospores) , which allows L. chapmanii to remain in the environment  when conditions are not favorable . The main objective of this study was to determine the relationship  between temperature and time of onset of L. chapmanii oogonia and oospores in Ae. aegypti  larvae.