A historical review of research on the weaver ant Oecophylla in biological control
By P. Mele. 2007
184 citations recorded by the source corpus.
Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science
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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- J. Offenberg
- S. Philpott
- I. Perfecto
- J. Vandermeer
- Katherine K. Ennis
- D. Gonthier
- Kris A. G. Wyckhuys
- Panagiotis Eliopoulos
In Genetics
- J. Offenberg
- S. Philpott
- J. Vandermeer
- I. Perfecto
- Katherine K. Ennis
- D. Gonthier
- Kris A. G. Wyckhuys
- A. van Huis
In Insect Science
- S. Philpott
- J. Vandermeer
- I. Perfecto
- J. Offenberg
- Kris A. G. Wyckhuys
- Panagiotis Eliopoulos
- A. van Huis
- Ross H. Crozier
Citations in the corpus
- A masterpiece of evolution – Oecophylla weaver ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (2009, background): “Biological control agent: Written records indicate that Oecophylla smaragdina was recognised in China as a biological control agent as early as 304 A.D. (VAN MELE 2008).”
- Insects as food and feed: A review (2015, background): “The weaver ant (Oecophylla spp.) is used as a biological control agent on various crops, such as mangoes and citrus (Van Mele, 2008), and the larvae and pupae of the reproductive form (queen brood), also called ant eggs, constitute a popular food in Asia.”
- Potential of insects as food and feed in assuring food security. (2013, background): “One example in which biological control can be combined with the practice of entomophagy is provided by weaver ants of the genus Oecophylla, which are effective predators of many pest species in orchards (146).”
- Current status and potential of conservation biological control for agriculture in the developing world (2013, background): “A systematic documentation of such local CBC innovations and their possible insertion into modern-day farming could carry tremendous potential (see Morales and Perfecto, 2000; Wyckhuys and O’Neil, 2007a; van Mele, 2008).”
- The little things that run the world revisited: a review of ant-mediated ecosystem services and disservices (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (2012, background): “In: LOFGREN, C.S. & VANDER MEER, R.K. (Eds.)”
- REVIEW: Ants as tools in sustainable agriculture (2015, methodology): “A number of ways to reduce the nuisance from ants have been reviewed by Van Mele et al. (2009).”
- Ants defend coffee from berry borer colonization (2013, background): “In fact, ants were described as biological control agents in China around 304 AD (van Mele 2008).”