Laboratory and field evaluation of the repellency of six preservatives to red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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	Laboratory and field evaluation of the repellency of six preservatives to red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
	Qin WQ 1; Xiong HP 1; Fang YH ; Ma T 1; Sun ZH 1; Chen XY 1; Wang C[*]1; Wen YZ 1; Wen XJ 1,2; Wang H 1
刊名	Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology
	2017
卷号	20 期号:X 页码:535–540
关键词	Ant bait Preservative Foraging Repellency Solenopsis invicta
通讯作者	wangcai@scau.edu.cn
英文摘要	Baiting is widely applied for the detection and control of the red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta Buren. Adding preservatives into baits would prevent microbial contamination during production and storage, and might extend period of bait attractiveness in the field. However, it is not known if preservatives are repellent to S. invicta. In the present study, potential effects of six commonly used preservatives (potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, sodium diacetate, sodium dehydroacetate, calcium propionate, and nisin) on the foraging behaviors of S. invicta foragers were evaluated under laboratory and field conditions. Four-choice tests (laboratory study) showed that the number of foraging ants on the preservative-treated (immersed in 2000-, 5000-, or 10,000-ppm solution for 30 min) and control (immersed in distilled water for 30 min) food was similar, with an exception of sodium dehydroacetate, which significantly decreased the number of foraging ants at the three tested concentrations. Interestingly, 46%, 58% and 71% of the food items treated with 2000-, 5000- and 10,000-ppm solutions of sodium dehydroacetate were buried with soil particles, respectively, whereas only 17% of the control food was similarly buried. Multiple-choice tests (field study) showed that food treated with the 5000- or 10,000-ppm solution of sodium dehydroacetate attracted significantly fewer S. invicta workers compared to other preservatives and the controls. Our study showed that the use of sodium dehydroacetate should be avoided during the production of aqueous-based or liquid baits against S. invicta.Graphical abstract
收录类别	SCI
资助信息	This work was supported by the Special Funds for the Cultivation of Guangdong College Students' Scientific and Technological Innovation (“ClimbingProgram” SpecialFunds, Grant No. pdjh2017a0074 to Wenquan Qin), and the Open Project Program of the State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming In- stitute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. GREKF14- 06 to Dr. Xiujun Wen).
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://159.226.149.26:8080/handle/152453/11020]
专题	昆明动物研究所_遗传资源与进化国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovation Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China 2.State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Qin WQ,Xiong HP,Fang YH,et al. Laboratory and field evaluation of the repellency of six preservatives to red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)[J]. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology,2017,20(X):535–540.
APA	Qin WQ.,Xiong HP.,Fang YH.,Ma T.,Sun ZH.,...&Wang H.(2017).Laboratory and field evaluation of the repellency of six preservatives to red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology,20(X),535–540.
MLA	Qin WQ,et al."Laboratory and field evaluation of the repellency of six preservatives to red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)".Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 20.X(2017):535–540.