Correlation of zinc distribution and enhanced hardness in the mandibular cuticle of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa.

Activity of Ricinus communis (Euphorbiac

Activity of Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) and ricinine against the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the symbiotic fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus

✍ Maria Fátima MA Bigi; Vera LV Torkomian; Suzanne TCS de Groote; Maria José A Heb 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 114 KB

## Abstract The focus of this study was the identification of compounds from plant extracts for use in crop protection. This paper reports on the toxic activity of fractions of leaf extracts of __Ricinus communis__ L (Euphorbiaceae) and isolated active compounds in the leaf‐cutting ant __Atta sexde