Mortality and virus titer were monitored in Solenopsis invicta colony fragments to examine the impact of diet sucrose supplementation. Mortality on d 21 reached a mean of 111.8 ± 22.0 worker ants in Solenopsis invicta virus 3-treated colonies without sugar supplementation, which was significantly greater (F = 10.0; df = 3,14; P < 0.0009) than the Solenopsis invicta virus 3-infected colonies with sugar supplementation (33.5 ± 5.8), Solenopsis invicta virus 3-uninfected colonies without sugar supplementation (17.3 ± 10.7), and Solenopsis invicta virus 3-un-infected colonies with sugar supplementation (6.7 ± 2.5).
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23 September 2021
Diet with Sucrose Ameliorates Solenopsis Invicta Virus 3 (Solinviviridae: Invictavirus) Infection in Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Worker Ants
Steven M. Valles
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Florida Entomologist
Vol. 104 • No. 3
September 2021
Vol. 104 • No. 3
September 2021
fire ant
hormiga de fuego
nutrición
nutrition
patogenia del virus
replicación de virus
RNA virus