Green tea and its waste attract workers of formicine ants and kill theirworkers—implications for pest management

Green tea and its waste attract workers of formicine ants and kill theirworkers—implications for pest management

Daily, 3 billion cups of tea consumed worldwide and this consumption is accompanied by the discardingof huge waste amounts into the environment. Tea leaf contains a diverse array of toxic molecules. Despiteevidence that its waste is almost as rich in toxicants as green leaves; no research has been d...

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Main Authors: Dieng, Hamady, Ruzieyana, Bt Mohd Zawawi, Nur Intan Saidaah, Bt Mohamed Yusof, Abu Hassan, Ahmad, Fatimah, Abang, Idris, Abd Ghani, Tomomitsu, Satho, Hamdan, Ahmad, Wan Fatma, Zuharah, Abdul Hafiz, Ab Majid, Nur Shilawati, Abd. Latip, Cirilo, Nolasco-Hipolito, Gabriel Tonga, Noweg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2016
Subjects:
GE Environmental Sciences
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12530/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12530/1/Green-tea-and-its-waste-attract-workers-of-formicine-ants-and-kill-their-workers-implications-for-pest-management%20%28abstract%29.pdf

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