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Bioactivity of plant extracts against Atta sexdens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers by ingestion

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The leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens stands out as a pest of several crops of economic importance. The main control method for this species is the application of ant baits. However, one of the most used active ingredients in the ant baits, sulfluramid, was classified as an organic pollutant, highlighting the urgent need to seek new active ingredients with greater ecological and environmental safety. The present goal is to evaluate the bioactivity of botanical extracts in workers of the leaf-cutting ant A. sexdens by ingestion, aiming to select extracts with essential characteristics for use in toxic baits for the subsequent isolation of substances and prospection of insecticides. Insect survival in the first evaluation (24 h) was high in all treatments with extracts. Survival time varied between treatments, with mortality reaching maximum values between 10 and 20 days for most of the treatments. At 21 days, live ants were observed only in treatments T3 (M. maracasana-stem) and T4 (C. mastigophorus-bark), with survival of 10% and 3.3%, respectively, not significantly differing between them. The extracts of Metrodorea maracasana, Conchocarpus mastigophorus, Erythoxylum macrocalyx, and Erythoxylum plowmanii showed insecticidal activity against A. sexdens workers. The insecticidal activity of the species Erythoxylum macrocalyx, E. plowmanii, Metrodorea maracasana, and Conchocarpus mastigophorus against A. sexdens workers is shown for the first time. The studied extracts have potential for the fractionation and selection of substances responsible for insecticidal activity, allowing for the prospection of toxic baits.

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We are grateful to the Foundation for Research Support of the State of Bahia (FAPESB), and the CAPES Foundation (Brazilian Ministry of Education; Finance Code 001) for financial support. And also, greatful to UNER-PDTS 2240 “Development of biological domisanitary baits for leaf cutter ants control using vegetable extracts from the central-north region of Argentina”.

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  1. Graduate Program in Agronomy (Plant Production), UESB, Vitória da Conquista, BA, Brazil

    Flávia Vidal Teixeira, Talytha R. de Melo Souza, Maria A. Castellani, Óscar B. Nipato & Aldenise Alves Moreira

  2. Laboratory of Social-Pest Insects, Department of Plant Production, School of Agronomic Sciences, UNESP, post office box 237, Botucatu, SP, 18603-970, Brazil

    Roberto da Silva Camargo & Luiz C. Forti

  3. Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologias, UESB, Campus de Jequié, Av. José Moreira Sobrinho, s/n, Jequiezinho, Jequié, BA, CEP 45206-190, Brazil

    Vanderlucia F. de Paula

  4. Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, UESC, Ilheus, Brazil

    Aline Silva

  5. Institute of Sciences and Engineering, State University of São Paulo (UNESP), Itapeva, Brazil

    Carlos Alberto O. de Matos

  6. Department of Ecology, School of Agriculture Science, National University of Entre Rios, National Council for Scientific and Technical Research, Route No. 11 Km 10.5, Oro Verde, 3100, Argentina

    Julian Alberto Sabattini

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Designed the experimental test: Flávia Vidal Teixeira, Talytha Ravena de Melo Souza, Maria Aparecida Castellani, Luiz Carlos Forti, Vanderlucia Fonseca de Paula, Aline Silva, Roberto da Silva Camargo, Carlos Alberto Oliveira de Matos and Aldenise Alves Moreira. Contributed with reagents / materials / analysis tools: Maria Aparecida Castellani, Vanderlucia Fonseca de Paula, Aline Silva and Aldenise Alves Moreira. Performed the test: Flávia Vidal Teixeira, Talytha Ravena de Melo Souza, Vanderlucia Fonseca de Paula, Óscar Baptista Nipato and Aldenise Alves Moreira. Data tabulation and analysis: Flávia Vidal Teixeira, Talytha Ravena de Melo Souza, Maria Aparecida Castellani, Luiz Carlos Forti, Vanderlucia Fonseca de Paula, Aline Silva, Roberto da Silva Camargo, Carlos Alberto Oliveira de Matos, Óscar Baptista Nipato, Aldenise Alves Moreira and Julián Alberto Sabattini. Written the paper: Flávia Vidal Teixeira, Talytha Ravena de Melo Souza, Maria Aparecida Castellani, Luiz Carlos Forti, Vanderlucia Fonseca de Paula, Aline Silva, Roberto da Silva Camargo, Carlos Alberto Oliveira de Matos, Óscar Baptista Nipato, Aldenise Alves Moreira and Julian Alberto Sabattini.

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Teixeira, F.V., de Melo Souza, T.R., Castellani, M.A. et al. Bioactivity of plant extracts against Atta sexdens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers by ingestion. Int J Trop Insect Sci 43, 1227–1236 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-01030-6

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