The Acceptability of Some Fats and Oils as Food to Imported Fire Ants
- 1 August 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 57 (4) , 601-602
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/57.4.601
Abstract
Tests were conducted with 32 fats or oils. Nineteen of the fats gave acceptance ratios as good or better than the peanut oil standard. Lard and tallow gave the highest ratios; however, it was found that acceptability varied from one sample to another. Highly unsaturated oils such as linseed, oiticica, perilla, and tung were the least acceptable. Hydrogenation of cottonseed oil decreased its attractiveness and rancid oils were found to be less attractive than nonrancid oils.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Imported Fire Ant Toxic Bait Studies: Evaluation of Carriers for Oil BaitsJournal of Economic Entomology, 1963
- Insecticidal Baits for Control of the Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis saevissima richteri1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1960