Integrated pest management in mango orchards in the Northern Territory Australia, using the weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina , (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as a key element

By R. Peng, K. Christian. 2005

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Arthropod pest management in organic crops. (2007, background): “One study of mango production in northern Australia investigated the use of the green tree ant, Oecophylla smaragdina, with either soft insecticides (as would be allowable under organic production) or conventional insecticides (118).”
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 ).”
REVIEW: Ants as tools in sustainable agriculture (2015, background): “In mango, O. smaragdina was able to control most pests, except mealybugs (Peng & Christian 2005).”
Edible insects: future prospects for food and feed security (2014, methodology): “The Asian weaver ant has been used in mango orchards in Australia’s Northern Territory as a biocontrol agent of the mango leafhopper, Idioscopus nitidulus (Peng and Christian, 2005) (see Figure 4.”