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Preliminary investigations on the selection of citrus species by the leaf-cutting ant, Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich) (Formicidae, Attini)

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Gene V. Pollard
Department of Biological Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad
Robert Riley
Department of Biological Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad
Errol Wattle
Department of Biological Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad
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Citrus
Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich)
Leaves

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Preliminary investigations on the selection of citrus species by the leaf-cutting ant, Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich) (Formicidae, Attini). (1983). Tropical Agriculture, 60(4). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2437
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Abstract

Eight citrus cultivars were tested for selective preference by the leaf-cutting ant, Acromyrmex octospinosus, in the laboratory. Measurements of pick-up rates and contacts per pick-up of leaf discs fed to the ants indicated that 'Portugal' (Citrus reticulata) was the least readily selected whereas 'Valencia' orange (C. sinensis) and 'Marsh' grapefruit (C. paradisi) were the most readily selected of the cultivars tested.
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