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| 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. |
| 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 |
Palavras-chave: Biological control; Formicidae; Immunity; Immunosuppression.. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2017000200133 |
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