Activity of sesame leaf extracts to the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 511-518

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

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE MOGI DAS CRUZES   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leaf cutting ant; Sequential extraction; Sesame leaf; Toxic sugars

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 8444229249     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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