A significant difference (p < 0.05) among treatments was noticed for the mean number of nymph-stage tick population per hectare.
The applied treatments significantly influenced (p < 0.05) basal cover, nymph- and adult-stage tick population and the two encroaching tree species.
Accordingly, nymph-stage tick population per hectare was reduced significantly from 22,666.7 pre-control to 12,222.2 after control actions (Table 1).
Likewise, the number of adult-stage tick population per hectare was reduced from 22,666.7 before the control actions to 2,888.9 after the control actions.
Overall, the density of nymph- and adult-stage tick population per hectare was decreased by 30% and 18.8%, respectively, due to the control actions.
Adult-stage tick density was increased by 1,111.1 hafterfthe the control actions only in the control plot (T5) probably due to their ability to escape from the plots that were cleared off encroaching trees/shrubs species to the plots that were untouched, i.e. T5 (no treatment application) (Table 1).
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Due to their minute size, delivery of dsRNA to unfed nymphal stage ticks remains challenging.
Certified pathogen-free larval stage ticks were blood fed on hamsters or white-footed mice to promote molting.
No consistent associations between the sources of host blood meals and infection rates with B. lonestari in nymphal life stage ticks were found.
