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Genthner, F.J., D.P. Middaugh and S.S. Foss. 1995. Validation of Embryo Tests for Determining Effects of Fungal Pest Control Agents on Nontarget Aquatic Animals. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 29(4):540-544. (ERL,GB 907).

Developing embryos of the inland silverside fish, Menidia beryllina, and grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, were exposed to conidiospores of the fungal weed control agent, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. aeschynomene and the entomopathogen, Metarhizium anisopliae. Only Metarhizium anisopliae caused significant (p < = 0.05) mortalities in the exposed embryos. Collectotrichum gloeosporioides did, however, cause fatal infections in adults when conidia were injected into the peritoneum of fish or the hemocoel of shrimp.

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