Benomyl treatment decreases fecundity of ant queens
Language English Country United States Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
26149821
DOI
10.1016/j.jip.2015.06.012
PII: S0022-2011(15)00126-3
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- Benlate, Carbendazim, Environmental chemicals, Methyl 1-(butylcarbamoyl)benzimidazol-2-yl-carbamate, Microgyne, Population dynamics,
- MeSH
- Benomyl toxicity MeSH
- Fertility drug effects MeSH
- Ants drug effects parasitology MeSH
- Fungicides, Industrial toxicity MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Benomyl MeSH
- Fungicides, Industrial MeSH
Methyl benzimidazole carbamate fungicides, including benomyl, are widely used in agriculture, and to eliminate entomopathogenic infections. We treated queens of Myrmica rubra (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) infected or not by Rickia wasmannii (Laboulbeniales:Laboulbeniaceae) with benomyl, 1mg/ml p.o. for six weeks. Benomyl did not treat the infection, and the treatment alone caused strong decrease in the fecundity of control healthy queens from 18.0±8.4 to 3.7±5.2eggs per healthy queen. This is the first evidence on severe adverse effects of methyl benzimidazole carbamate fungicide on the fecundity of insects, which might be responsible for altered species composition of ant assemblages in the cultural landscape.
Charles University Prague 3rd Faculty of Medicine Prague Czech Republic
University of Hradec Králové Faculty of Science Hradec Králové Czech Republic
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