In surveys of cassava fields in the coastal savanna and rain forest zones of Ghana, eight species of ants, mostly in the genera Camponotus, Crematogaster and Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), were found attending cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero. Ant densities were much hig...
Cudjoe, A.
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Neuenschwander, P.
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Copland, M.
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[Interference by ants in biological control of the cassava mealybug Phenacoccus manihoti (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Ghana]
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Interference by ants in biological control of the cassava mealybug Phenacoccus manihoti (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Ghana
Biological control is a significant component of integrated pest management programs around the world.
However, uncertainty about the risk of unanticipated effects on non-target organisms is one of the major
concerns surrounding the release of biological control agents. This Brief has been prepar...
Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard
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Neuenschwander, P.
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Kumar, P.L.
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[Regulatory challenges for biological control]
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Regulatory challenges for biological control
About 130 species of parasitoids and predators are reported, most of them for the first time, to be associated directly or indirectly with the cassava pest Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero and its parasitoid, Epidinocarsis lopezi (De Santis), newly introduced into Africa as a biological contro...
Neuenschwander, P.
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Hennessey, R.D.
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Herren, H.R.
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[Food web of insects associated with the cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), and its introduced parasitoid, Epidinocarsis lopezi (De Santis) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), in Africa]
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Food web of insects associated with the cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), and its introduced parasitoid, Epidinocarsis lopezi (De Santis) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), in Africa