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Isocycloseram: A new active ingredient for leaf-cutting ants control. [PDF]
PLoS ONELeaf-cutting ants are the most important pests in several cropping systems in the Neotropics. Granulated baits containing active ingredients, considered hazardous by the Stockholm Convention, are the usual method to control these ants. Isocycloseram is a
Ronald Zanetti +5 more
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Cryptic Diversity in Colombian Edible Leaf-Cutting Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [PDF]
Insects, 2018 Leaf-cutting ants are often considered agricultural pests, but they can also benefit local people and serve important roles in ecosystems. Throughout their distribution, winged reproductive queens of leaf-cutting ants in the genus Atta Fabricius, 1804 ...
Pepijn W. Kooij +4 more
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Daily Foraging Activity of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Leaf-cutting ants [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2016 Leaf-cutting ants are well-known insects due to their remarkable activity as herbivores and the considerable economic damage they cause to many crops.
Mariane Aparecida Nickele +3 more
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Symbiotic adaptations in the fungal cultivar of leaf-cutting ants [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2014 Centuries of artificial selection have dramatically improved the yield of human agriculture; however, strong directional selection also occurs in natural symbiotic interactions. Fungus-growing attine ants cultivate basidiomycete fungi for food. One cultivar lineage has evolved inflated hyphal tips (gongylidia) that grow in bundles called staphylae, to ...
Licht, Henrik H. De Fine +2 more
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Phylogenetic insights into the diversification of cutting strategies in leaf-cutting ants [PDF]
Frontiers in Insect ScienceLeaf-cutting ants are dominant herbivores in Neotropical ecosystems, yet the evolutionary origins of their cutting preferences remains unresolved. We investigated whether grass-cutting specialization emerged from a single evolutionary innovation or ...
Andrés F. Sánchez–Restrepo +4 more
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Managing leaf‐cutting ants: peculiarities, trends and challenges [PDF]
Pest Management Science, 2013 Abstract Leaf‐cutting ants are generally recognized as important pest species in Neotropical America. They are eusocial insects that exhibit social organization, foraging, fungus‐cultivation, hygiene and a complex nest structure, which render their management notoriously difficult.
Terezinha M C, Della Lucia +2 more
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Recognition of endophytic Trichoderma species by leaf-cutting ants and their potential in a Trojan-horse management strategy [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Interactions between leaf-cutting ants, their fungal symbiont (Leucoagaricus) and the endophytic fungi within the vegetation they carry into their colonies are still poorly understood.
Silma L. Rocha +8 more
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Self-organized traffic via priority rules in leaf-cutting ants [PDF]
PLoS Comput Biol, 2018 Ants, termites and humans often form well-organized and highly efficient trails between different locations. Yet the microscopic traffic rules responsible for this organization and efficiency are not fully understood.
Dussutour, Audrey +7 more
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Leaf endophyte load influences fungal garden development in leaf-cutting ants [PDF]
BMC Ecology, 2012 Background Previous work has shown that leaf-cutting ants prefer to cut leaf material with relatively low fungal endophyte content. This preference suggests that fungal endophytes exact a cost on the ants or on the development of their colonies.
Van Bael Sunshine A +4 more
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Sociobiology, 2020 Leaf-cutting ants are widely distributed in Brazil, particularly species of the genus Atta. We therefore described the occurrence of leaf-cutting and grass-cutting ant species of the genus Atta.
Luiz Carlos Forti +7 more
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