An Overview of Integrated Management of Leaf-Cutting Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Brazilian Forest Plantations

Forests

Ronald Zanetti¹  José Cola Zanuncio²  Juliana Cristina Santos¹  Willian Lucas Paiva da Silva¹  Genésio Tamara Ribeiro³ 

[1] Laboratório de Entomologia Florestal, Universidade Federal de Lavras, 37200-000, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil; E-Mails:;Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil; E-Mail:;Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, 49100-000, São Cristóvão, Sergipe State, Brazil; E-Mail:

关键词: Atta;    Acromyrmex;    control method;    integrated pest management;    monitoring;   

DOI  :  10.3390/f5030439

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

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.

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