Data/hora: 10/06/2024 18:34:28

Provedor de dados: | 86
País: | Brazil
Título: | Susceptibility of Atta sexdens worker ants treated with the immunosuppressant Sandimmun Neoral to Metarhizium anisopliae
Autores: | Dornelas,Aline Silvestre Pereira; Sarmento,Renato de Almeida; Pedro-Neto,Marçal; Silva,Daniella Gonçalves da; Santos,Gil Rodrigues dos; Nascimento,Mariela Otoni do; Oliveira,Cléia Almeida; Souza,Danival José de.
Data: | 2017-02-01
Ano: | 2017
Palavras-chave: | Biological control; Formicidae; Immunity; Immunosuppression.
Resumo: | Abstract: The objective of this work was to evaluate if the immunosuppressant Sandimmun Neoral enhances the activity of Metarhizium anisopliae against the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens. The vulnerability to the pathogen was measured by comparing the mortality rate of worker ants subjected to the following treatments: immunosuppressant+control, immunosuppressant+M. anisopliae, excipient+control, excipient+M. anisopliae, control+M. anisopliae, and control. Worker ants treated with immunosuppressant+M. anisopliae showed the highest mortality rate in comparison with those subjected to all other treatments. The use of the immunosuppressant together with entomopathogenic fungus controlled leaf-cutting ants in laboratory conditions.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2017000200133

Editor:

Embrapa Secretaria de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira

Relação: | 10.1590/s0100-204x2017000200008
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira  v.52 n.2 2017
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess