The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa
The cocoa black ant Dolichoderus thoracicus (Smith), plays an important role in the control of the cocoa mirid Helopeltis theobromae (Miller) in Malaysia. The ant has a mutualistic relationship with a variety of homopterans, the commonest one being the mealybug Cataenococcus hispidus (Morrison)....
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| description | The cocoa black ant Dolichoderus thoracicus (Smith), plays an
important role in the control of the cocoa mirid Helopeltis
theobromae (Miller) in Malaysia. The ant has a mutualistic
relationship with a variety of homopterans, the commonest one
being the mealybug Cataenococcus hispidus (Morrison). Attempts to
manipulate D. thoracicus are dependent on the ability to
manipulate C. hispidus. The study carried out was aimed at
obtaining information on C. hispidus to enable the mealybug to be
established more successfully. A method of es timating the number of individuals in a first
in star colony was devised. |
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| institution | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
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| language | English English |
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| publishDate | 1988 |
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| spelling | upm-102482024-03-25T07:16:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10248/ The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa Ang, Ban Na The cocoa black ant Dolichoderus thoracicus (Smith), plays an important role in the control of the cocoa mirid Helopeltis theobromae (Miller) in Malaysia. The ant has a mutualistic relationship with a variety of homopterans, the commonest one being the mealybug Cataenococcus hispidus (Morrison). Attempts to manipulate D. thoracicus are dependent on the ability to manipulate C. hispidus. The study carried out was aimed at obtaining information on C. hispidus to enable the mealybug to be established more successfully. A method of es timating the number of individuals in a first in star colony was devised. 1988 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10248/1/FP_1988_5.pdf Ang, Ban Na (1988) The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa. Masters thesis, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. Mealybugs - Cocoa - Case studies English |
| spellingShingle | Mealybugs - Cocoa - Case studies Ang, Ban Na The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa |
| title | The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa |
| title_full | The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa |
| title_fullStr | The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa |
| title_short | The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa |
| title_sort | cocoa black ant-mealybugrelationship: artificial establishment of cataenococcus hispidus (homoptera: pseudococcidae) on cocoa |
| topic | Mealybugs - Cocoa - Case studies |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10248/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10248/1/FP_1988_5.pdf |