Dissemination of Metarhizium anisopliae infection among the population of Odontotermes obesus (Isoptera: Termitidae) by augmenting the fungal conidia with attractants

► Foraging activity increased in termites by conidial attractant mixture. ► Transmission of infection increased in termites by conidial attractant mixture. ► Weight loss of stakes decreased with conidial attractant mixture after five months. ► Width of galleries covering the tree bark reduced when conidial baits applied. ► The relative magnitude signal (RMS) decreased in treatment mound after five months.