• Paul Inbaraj

Leaf Cutter Ants are major pest in the South and Central America causes damage in various fruit plants, weeds and grasses, ornamental plants and cereal crops. Introduced Beta carotene as a nutrient to establish the fungal colony within two days using simple diffusion method by adding mixture in the normal leaves in the form of cyclohexaamide a fungicide, chloroform, antimony tri-chloride to check the LCAs foraging decision and mulch preparation, selection of Beta carotene by the fungus over various mixture and it response to quickened and delayed gongylidial preparation, colony establishment and refused activities.

Leaf Cutter Ants (LCAs), Fungus, Beta Carotene, Cyclo hexaamide, Chloroform, Antimony tri chloride, Mulch, Gongylidia, Forage.

"“A novel approach of fungus delayed preparation of gongylidia determined the LCAs foraging decision and the involvement of beta carotene as a hypothetical assumption about communication between LCAs and fungus”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.284-287, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907Q87.pdf

"“A novel approach of fungus delayed preparation of gongylidia determined the LCAs foraging decision and the involvement of beta carotene as a hypothetical assumption about communication between LCAs and fungus”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp284-287, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907Q87.pdf