Sustainable Management of Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich): How Botanical Insecticides and Fungicides Should Promote an Ecofriendly Control Strategy.

Authors

  • Isabelle Boulogne University of Rouen Normandy
  • Lucienne Desfontaine INRA, UR1321, ASTRO Agrosystèmes tropicaux, 97170, Petit-Bourg (Guadeloupe), France.
  • Harry Ozier-Lafontaine INRA, UR1321, ASTRO Agrosystèmes tropicaux, 97170, Petit-Bourg (Guadeloupe), France.
  • Gladys Loranger-Merciris Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Campus de Fouillole, 97157 Pointe-à-Pitre Cedex (Guadeloupe), France. INRA, UR1321, ASTRO Agrosystèmes tropicaux, 97170, Petit-Bourg (Guadeloupe), France.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v65i3.1640

Keywords:

Attini, Mammea americana, chemical analysis, lethal concentrations, lethal doses, lethal times

Abstract

The leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich) causes serious damage to crops and protected areas due to its foraging activity. The main method of control of this species consists of the use of synthetic insecticides that can lead to environmental damage and negative side effects on human health. Consequently, alternative strategies, such as biopesticides, are needed. Insecticide evaluation by ingestion assays was performed using A. octospinosus in vitro bioassay and laboratory nests. Chemical analyses were also performed to know the contents of plant extracts. This study showed that Mammea americana L. is the most promising insecticidal plant extract in the control of A. octospinosus. Indeed, the lethal concentrations (LC50 and LC99) an the lethal dose (LD99) of the M. americana extract (51.31 mg.mL-1, 131.92 mg.mL-1, and 17.36 mg/g of ant respectively) were the closest to those of Fipronil, 0.03 g/kg, the commercial insecticide used as positive control.

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2018-10-02

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Boulogne, I., Desfontaine, L., Ozier-Lafontaine, H., & Loranger-Merciris, G. (2018). Sustainable Management of Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich): How Botanical Insecticides and Fungicides Should Promote an Ecofriendly Control Strategy. Sociobiology, 65(3), 348–357. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v65i3.1640

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Vol. 65 No. 3 (2018)

Section

Research Article - Ants

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