Toxicity of sesame extracts to leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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Extracts of different sesame plant (Sesamum indicum, Linnaeus) organs were tested through ingestion and contact experiments to investigate their toxicity to Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Forel) workers. Dichloromethane extracts of seeds were toxic to the leaf-cutting ants and the factor responsible for the toxicity does not show seasonal occurrence.
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Insecticidal activity, Leaf-cutting ant, Sesame, Atta, Atta sexdens, Atta sexdens rubropilosa, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Sesamum, Sesamum indicum
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Sociobiology, v. 44, n. 3, p. 599-606, 2004.
