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- Title
SOLENOPSIS INVICTA VIRUS (SINV-1) INFECTION AND INSECTICIDE INTERACTIONS IN THE RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE).
- Authors
TUFTS, DANIELLE M.; HUNTER, WAYNE B.; BEXTINE, BLAKE
- Abstract
The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Burén (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), is of great concern because of its destructive nature to endemic wildlife, livestock, and people. Various methods for managing this pest are currently being developed, including the use of viruses as biological control agents. In this study, the effectiveness of the Solenopsis invicta virus (SINV-1), (a positive sense, single-stranded RNA virus in the Dicistroviridae family (Genus: Aparavirus) which only infects the Genus Solenopsis) as an effective biological control agent against S. invicta infestation in combination with commonly used insecticides was investigated. Surprisingly, ants treated with the virus experienced significantly greater survival rates than non-infected but chemically treated individuals. SINV-1 might provide some unidentified benefit to aid individual ant survival, however at this point, without fully understanding the virus-ant interaction, the use of SINV-1 as a biological control agent requires further investigation.
- Subjects
SOLENOPSIS invicta; VIRAL pesticides; BIOLOGICAL control of insects; INSECT pest control; INSECTICIDES; HYDRAMETHYLNON
- Publication
Florida Entomologist (Florida Entomological Society), 2014, Vol 97, Issue 3, p1251
- ISSN
0015-4040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1653/024.097.0336