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  title info:
    title: Effects of red imported fire ant baits on some non-target ants
  name:
    name part: Mokkarala, Pallavi
    name part: 1975-
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 2002
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    form: remote
    extent: x, 93 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
  abstract: Laboratory tests were conducted to determine the effects of one-time baiting with commercially formulated red imported fire ant (RIFA) baits on worker mortality, egg production, and brood ranking of two non-target, competitor ant species and two pest ant species. The non-target ants included the thief ant, Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) molesta (Say) and the little black ant, Monomorium minimum (Buckley). The pest ant species included the RIFA, Solenopsis invicta (Buren) and the pharaoh ant, Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus). The former two species were each tested with a metabolic inhibitor, Amdro® and an insect growth regulator, Logic®, whereas the latter two species were tested with two metabolic inhibitors, Amdro® and Combat®, and two insect growth regulators, Logic® and Distance®. Laboratory data indicated that toxic baits, as well as control and regular laboratory diet, elicited similar recruitment rates in all the tested species. Further, there was no significant difference in the amount removed in 24 hours for any of the chemical baits. Evaluation of bait effects on worker mortality, egg production, and brood ranking for a period of two months indicated detrimental effects of all the toxic baits against the two non-target species. The metabolic inhibitors, Amdro® and Combat® acted similarly and caused maximum effect on worker mortality. In addition, they caused mortality to queens, reduction in egg production, and decrease in brood amounts in treated colonies of all the tested ant species. The insect growth regulators, Logic® and Distance®, on the other hand, showed maximum effect on reduction of egg production and brood mortality, while showing some amount of worker mortality. Control colonies and those fed with regular laboratory diet, on the other hand, did not show any signs of unhealthiness or unnatural mortality for any of the species, and continued to grow during the two months observation period. Results of the laboratory tests indicated that Monomorium mi…
  note: by Pallavi Mokkarala.
  note: "Major subject: Entomology".
  note: Vita.
  note: Also available online.
  note: Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
  note: M.S. Texas A&M University 2002
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-92).
  subject:
    topic: Major entomology
  identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2002-THESIS-M65
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      url: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2002-THESIS-M65
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 030127
    record change date: 20220103134510.0
    record identifier: in00001721514