ENHANCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF LARVAL ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS BY PROXIMITY TO FLOWERING MAIZE (ZEA MAYS) IN TURBID WATER AND WHEN CROWDED
Abstract
To determine whether proximity to flowering maize enhances the development of larval anopheline mosquitoes breeding in turbid water and when crowded, we evaluated the development of larval Anopheles arabiensis under various conditions of turbidity, larval density, and proximity to pollen-shedding maize in simulated breeding puddles in a malaria-endemic site. In naturally formed puddles, water turbidity, as well as larval density, increased as the rainy season progressed. In sites remote from flowering maize, more pupae developed and the resulting adults were larger in relatively clear water than in turbid water, and larval crowding inhibited development. In close proximity to flowering maize, however, larval development was little affected by water turbidity and larval crowding. Larvae of this member of the African An. gambiae complex of mosquitoes develop readily in turbid water and when crowded, provided that their breeding sites are located where maize pollen is abundant.
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Anopheles mosquitoes typically avoid turbid for clean water because suspended insoluble particles interfere with larvae ingestion of food materials.
“Anopheles mosquitoes typically avoid turbid for clean water for the reason that suspended insoluble particles interfere with larvae ingestion of food materials [65].”
From Sibling species of the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae display divergent preferences for aquatic breeding sites in southern Nigeria (2024) · cites this paper as [65]
A study in central Ethiopia identified An. arabiensis in turbid water collections.
“a study in central Ethiopia identified An. arabiensis in turbid water collections [65].”
From Sibling species of the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae display divergent preferences for aquatic breeding sites in southern Nigeria (2024) · cites this paper as [65]
In the Ye-Ebiyo et al. study in central Ethiopia, An. arabiensis were unaffected by turbidity of water bodies but only when larval sites were close to flowering maize plants providing pollen grains for larvae nourishment.
“In the Ye-Ebiyo et al. [65] study in central Ethiopia, An. arabiensis were unaffected by turbidity of water bodies but only when larval sites were close to flowering maize plants providing pollen grains for larvae nourishment.”
From Sibling species of the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae display divergent preferences for aquatic breeding sites in southern Nigeria (2024) · cites this paper as [65]
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“Anopheles mosquitoes typically avoid turbid for clean water for the reason that suspended insoluble particles interfere with larvae ingestion of food materials [65].”
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- Authors
- YE-EBIYO, Y., POLLACK, R. J., KISZEWSKI, A., & SPIELMAN, A.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Venue
- The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Published
- 2003-06
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 748-752
- ISSN
- 0002-9637 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2148114312
- Cited by
- 114
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 4.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Fogarty International Center (TW 00918, D43TW000918)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Malaria Research and Control
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
- Keywords
- Anopheles arabiensis, larval development, water turbidity, larval crowding, larval density, maize pollen, mosquito breeding sites, Anopheles gambiae s.l., malaria vectors, larval size
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Anopheles, Zea mays, Insect Vectors, Larva, Nephelometry and Turbidimetry, Pollen, Rain, Water, Ecosystem, Flowers, Eukaryota
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