Bulletin of Entomological Research (1990) 80, 349-352

Fernando Carlos Pagnocca, Osvaldo Aulino da Silva, Maria Jose Hebling-Beraldo, Odair Correa Bueno, João Batista Fernandes and Paulo Cesar Vieira (1990)
Toxicity of sesame extracts to the symbiotic fungus of leaf-cutting ants
Bulletin of Entomological Research 80 (3), 349-352
Abstract: Extracts of different sesame plant (Sesamum indicum) Linnaeus organs inhibited the in vitro growth of the fungus Leucocoprinus gongylophorus (Moller) (= Rozites gongylophora Moller), which is cultivated by the leaf-cutting ants of the species Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The presence of the factor responsible for this inhibition was detected in methanol or chloroform extracts and is constant in the plant.
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Database assignments for author(s): Odair Correa Bueno, João B. Fernandes

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Atta sexdens