Trabalhos experimentais de combate à "saúva limão" ou "saúva comum" Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, 1908

Abstract

Neste trabalho são descritas várias experiências de combate à "saúva limão", também conhecida como "saúva comum" (Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, 1908), formiga mais prejudicial à agricultura de São Paulo.The purpose of the experiments described in this paper was to study the possibilities of eradicating hills of Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, 1908, which is the most important "saúva" ant (parasol ant) in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The experiments were performed at Piracicaba, during the years 1960-1964. The following products were used in several projects: a) Nemagon (emulsifiable concentrate); b) aldrin (emulsifiable concentrate); c) "MM 33" (carbon bisulphide + methyl bromide); d) methyl bromide; e) carbon bisulphide; f) carbon bisulphide + phosphorus; g) aerosol of carbon bisulphide + heptachlor + chlordane; h) chlordane (emulsifiable concentrate); i) aldrin + fungicide (dust); j) dusts of heptachlor, chlordane, and aldrin, each plus a fungicide; and k) chlordane (dusts). The results obtained are seen in tables 1 to 13.