TABLE 2.

Influence of concentration of M. anisopliae var. anisopliae strain 7 conidia in inoculum on numbers of conidia adhering to the cuticle of an engorged R. annulatus female

Log of concn of conidia in inoculum	No. of conidia per tick in inoculuma	Avg no. of conidia adhering to tickb	% of applied conidia adhering to tick
4	20,000	5,500 ± 2,739	27.50
5	200,000	9,029 ± 2,526	4.51
6	2,000,000	23,800 ± 6,614	1.19
7	20,000,000	111,458 ± 9,361	0.56
8	200,000,000	262,000 ± 24,070	0.13

^aFive ticks were individually dipped (for 5 s) into 2-ml conidial suspensions of the corresponding concentrations.

^bData are also shown in Fig. 3.