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- Title
An Overview of Integrated Management of Leaf-Cutting Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Brazilian Forest Plantations.
- Authors
Zanetti, Ronald; Zanuncio, José Cola; Santos, Juliana Cristina; da Silva, Willian Lucas Paiva; Ribeiro, Genésio Tamara; Lemes, Pedro Guilherme
- Abstract
Brazilian forest producers have developed integrated management programs to increase the effectiveness of the control of leaf-cutting ants of the genera Atta and Acromyrmex. These measures reduced the costs and quantity of insecticides used in the plantations. Such integrated management programs are based on monitoring the ant nests, as well as the need and timing of the control methods. Chemical control employing baits is the most commonly used method, however, biological, mechanical and cultural control methods, besides plant resistance, can reduce the quantity of chemicals applied in the plantations.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; LEAF-cutting ants; TREE farms; FORESTS &; forestry; INSECTICIDES; INTEGRATED pest control
- Publication
Forests (19994907), 2014, Vol 5, Issue 3, p439
- ISSN
1999-4907
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/f5030439