Resistance to leafcutter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and inhibition of their fungal symbiont by tropical forage grasses

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 757-765

  Lapointe, Stephen L ^a   Serrano, Miguel S ^a   Corrales, Isabel I ^a  

^a Ctro Internacional de Agric Trop   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex landolti; Ata laevigata; attine fungus; Brachiaria; leafcutting ants; plant resistance

Indexed keywords

ACROMYRMEX LANDOLTI; ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GAYANUS; ATTA LAEVIGATA; BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA DICTYONEURA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; POACEAE;

EID: 0030479386     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.3.757     Document Type: Article

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