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Expressed sequence tags from Atta laevigata and identification of candidate genes for the control of pest leaf-cutting ants.
(2011-06-17)
Leafcutters are the highest evolved within Neotropical ants in the tribe Attini and model systems for studying caste formation, labor division and symbiosis with microorganisms. Some species of leafcutters are agricultural ...
Expressed sequence tags from Atta laevigata and identification of candidate genes for the control of pest leaf-cutting ants.
(2011-06-17)
Leafcutters are the highest evolved within Neotropical ants in the tribe Attini and model systems for studying caste formation, labor division and symbiosis with microorganisms. Some species of leafcutters are agricultural ...
Pathogenic nature of Syncephalastrum in Atta sexdens rubropilosa fungus gardens
(2017-05-01)
BACKGROUND: Leaf-cutter ants are considered to be a major herbivore and agricultural pest in the Neotropics. They are often controlled by environmentally persistent insecticides. Biological control using pathogenic fungi ...
Conidiobolus lunulus, a newly discovered entomophthoralean species, pathogenic and specific to leaf-cutter ants
(Elsevier, 2021-11)
Conidiobolus lunulus is a recently described entomophthoralean species isolated from leaf-cutter ants. This fungus discharges not only primary but also secondary conidia and microconidia of different shapes. Because nothing ...
Leaf-cutter ant parasitoids: current knowledge
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013-04)
This review updates and summarizes the current knowledge about the interaction of leaf-cutter ants and their parasitoids by providing comparable data for Acromyrmex and Atta ants. First, an overview of the relevant aspects ...
Does diatomaceous earth control leaf-cutter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Eucalyptus plantations?
(2015)
Genus Atta includes some of the most important Formicidae leaf cutter ants which cause extensive damage to the eucalyptus plantations. Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, one of the chief pests in Brazilian reforestation, can ...
Natural enemies of Atta vollenweideri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) leaf-cutter ants negatively affected by synthetic pesticides, chlorpyrifos and fipronil
(Oxford University Press, 2014-02)
In southern South America, Atta vollenweideri Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is a significant pest of several crops and forestry, also considered to reduce the carrying capacity of pastures. The most usual control method ...
Effect of phorid fly density on the foraging of Atta vollenweideri leafcutter ants in the field
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2015-01)
Leafcutter ants in the genus Atta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini) are considered major pests of agriculture and forestry in the Neotropics. Phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) have been proposed as viable candidates for ...
Are different strains of Beauveria bassiana equally effective against different leafcutter pest species?
(International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Plants. West Palaearctic Regional Section bulletin, 2020-05)
Leaf-cutter ants are a serious pest to forestry plantations and crops in Latin America. They have been traditionally controlled using chemical synthetic pesticides, which are known to have many negative effects to non-target ...