01811naa a2200301 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000230006024501490008326000090023250001670024152007300040865000230113865000150116165000130117665000220118965000240121165000140123565300210124970000230127070000190129370000200131270000220133270000250135470000200137970000200139977300900141920680662023-03-30       2017    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aDORNELAS, A. S. P.  aSusceptibility of atta sexdens worker ants treated with the immunosuppressant Sandimmun Neoral to Metarhizium anisopliae.h[electronic resource]  c2017  aNotas científicas. Título em português: Suscetibilidade de operárias de Atta sexdens tratadas com o imunossupressor Sandimmun Neoral a Metarhizium anisopliae.  aThe objective of this work was to evaluate if the immunosuppressant Sandimmun Neoral enhances the activity of Metarhizium anisopliae against the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens. The vulnerability to the pathogen was measured by comparing the mortality rate of worker ants subjected to the following treatments: immunosuppressant+control, immunosuppressant+M. anisopliae, excipient+control, excipient+M. anisopliae, control+M. anisopliae, and control. Worker ants treated with immunosuppressant+M. anisopliae showed the highest mortality rate in comparison with those subjected to all other treatments. The use of the immunosuppressant together with entomopathogenic fungus controlled leaf-cutting ants in laboratory conditions.  aBiological control  aFormicidae  aImmunity  aImmunosuppression  aControle biológico  aImunidade  aImunossupressão1 aSARMENTO, R. de A.1 aPEDRO-NETO, M.1 aSILVA, D. G. da1 aSANTOS, G. R. dos1 aNASCIMENTO, M. O. do1 aOLIVEIRA, C. A.1 aSOUZA, D. J. de  tPesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, Brasília, DFgv. 52, n. 2, p. 133-136, fev. 2017.