ATRACTIVITY COMPETITION BETWEEN TOXIC BAITS FOR Atta sexdens rubropilosa CONTROL

Authors

  • Antônio Lopes da Silva UFG

Abstract

With the objective of studying the attractiveness of eleven different commercial insecticides, in form of bait, to the sauva ants Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel 1908, two experiments were carried on in the school of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine, in the state of Goiás, Brazil. The bait Mirex was compared in the first test with Dinatox-A, Agroceres, Tatuzinho, Lantox and Esso. In the second test, Mirex was compared with Colonial, Nitrosin, Piragy, E.A.V.—041—A and Blitz super. In the analyses, Mirex was significantly superior to Lantox, Piragy and Colonial. E.A.V.—041—A was significantly superior to Colonial and Piragy.

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Published

2007-10-19

How to Cite

SILVA, A. L. da. ATRACTIVITY COMPETITION BETWEEN TOXIC BAITS FOR Atta sexdens rubropilosa CONTROL. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 2, n. 1, p. 30–34, 2007. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/1936. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.

Issue

v. 2, n. 1, Jan./Dec. 1972

Section

Research Article

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