Toxicity of sesame seed to leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 195-204

  Morini, M S C ^a   Bueno, O C ^b   Bueno, F C ^b   Leite, A C ^c   Hebling, M J A ^b   Pagnocca, F C ^b   Fernandes, J B ^c   Vieira, P C ^c   Silva, M F G F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE MOGI DAS CRUZES   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leaf cutting ant; Ripe sesame seeds; Sesamine; Sesamoline; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS RUBROPILOSA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 13944262021     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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