The weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an effective biological control agent of the red-banded thrips, Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in mango crops in…

By R. Peng, K. Christian. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science

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Citations in the corpus

• Faunal impact on vegetation structure and ecosystem function in mangrove forests: A review (2008, unknown): “Furthermore, in terrestrial agroecosystems, identical ant species are known to protect a range of crops against more than 40 different herbivores (Way and Khoo, 1992; Peng and Christian, 2004) and a multitude of empirical studies on ant– plant interactions in natural habitats support the wide distri”
• A historical review of research on the weaver ant Oecophylla in biological control (2007, background): “Apart from controlling major pests, such as mango leafhoppers, thrips, seed weevils, fruit flies and tip borers, weaver ants also protect scales and mealybugs in mango, and so chemicals such as white oil and potassium soap were tested as part of an IPM package ( Peng & Christian, 2004, 2005, 2007 ).”
• Integrated pest management in mango orchards in the Northern Territory Australia, using the weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina , (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as a key element (2005, background): “In fact, mango trees are ideal hosts for weaver ants, and the ants are often abundant in unsprayed mango orchards (Majer and Camer-Pesci 1991; Peng and Christian 2004b).”
• ABIOTIC FACTORS AND THE CONDITIONAL OUTCOME OF AN ANT–PLANT MUTUALISM (2005, background): “S. rubrocinctus has been considered one of the major insect pests, attacking worldwide a variety of crops such as cocoa, mango, guava, avocado, and cashew (Peng and Christian 2004).”
• A masterpiece of evolution – Oecophylla weaver ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (2009, background): “Recent research has demonstrated its effectiveness in controlling several pests in mango orchards (PENG & CHRISTIAN 2004, 2005, 2006, BLÜTHGEN & STORK 2007, DAVIDSON 2007, PENG & CHRISTIAN 2007), cashew plantations (PENG & al.”