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ArticleInsects2026

Selectively Targeting of Gardeners and Symbiotic Fungus in Leaf-Cutting Ant Colonies Using Essential Oils.

Andressa Graebin, Patrícia F Pinheiro, Karina D Amaral, Vinicius F Santos, Tarciza F Nascimento, Marcela V de S Vilela, Yenara K M Silva, Thais D Marcelino, Raul Narciso C Guedes

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Article in Insects, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Andressa GraebinDepartamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil.
Patrícia F PinheiroDepartamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4019-5773
Karina D AmaralDepartamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3371-0696
Vinicius F SantosDepartamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0805-3126
Tarciza F NascimentoDepartamento de Bioquímica e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil.
Marcela V de S VilelaDepartamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil.
Yenara K M SilvaDepartamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil.
Thais D MarcelinoDepartamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0007-8005-2116
Raul Narciso C GuedesDepartamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6229-7549

Funding

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico PQCoordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Financial Code 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social insect pests such as leaf-cutting ants challenge conventional pest management because effective control must disrupt colony-level organization rather than target individual insects. Colony persistence depends on the mutualistic association between gardener workers and their cultivated fungus,

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Acromyrmex subterraneusAtta sexdenscaste-specific toxicityessential oilsfungal symbiosisleaf-cutting antstoxic baits

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PMID42355378
PMCPMC13300004

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