Toxicity of Azadirachta indica to leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:21:51Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:21:51Z
dc.date.created2014-05-27T11:21:51Z
dc.date.issued2006-04-21
dc.identifierSociobiology, v. 47, n. 2, p. 423-431, 2006.
dc.identifier0361-6525
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/68849
dc.identifierWOS:000236117900011
dc.identifier2-s2.0-33645765777
dc.description.abstractThe leaf-cutting ants are responsible for great economical damages in cultivated areas, and because of this characteristic, they have aroused the interest of researchers around the world. Thus, extracts of neem (Azadirachta indica, A. Juss) were tested through ingestion and contact experiments to investigate their toxicity to Atta sexdens rubropilosa workers. Crude extract of neem seed oil was toxic to the ants by ingestion in all concentrations tested but no toxicity was observed in contact experiments. However, crude extract of neem seed paste produced a significant toxicity to workers by ingestion and by contact.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationSociobiology
dc.relation0.604
dc.relation0,396
dc.rightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectControl
dc.subjectLeaf-cutting ant
dc.subjectNatural products
dc.subjectNeem
dc.subjectVegetable oil
dc.subjectAtta
dc.subjectAtta sexdens rubropilosa
dc.subjectAzadirachta indica
dc.subjectFormicidae
dc.subjectHymenoptera
dc.titleToxicity of Azadirachta indica to leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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