The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa

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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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Main Author:	Ang, Ban Na
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	1988
Subjects:	Mealybugs - Cocoa - Case studies
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10248/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10248/1/FP_1988_5.pdf

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