The Importance of Mealybugs and Colony Compatibility in Augmentation of Dolichoderus Thoracicus (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Populations in Cocoa

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The Importance of Mealybugs and Colony Compatibility in Augmentation of Dolichoderus Thoracicus (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Populations in Cocoa

In the artificial introduction of the black cocoa ant Dolichoderus thoracicus (Smith) for cont rolling mirid damage in cocoa in Malaysia, initial establishment of introduced ants were often good but the effect was frequently not sustained. This under scored the need for augmentation of populatio...

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Main Author:	Ho, Cheng Tuck
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	1991
Subjects:	Dolichoderus - Mealybugs - Case studies
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10300/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10300/1/FP_1991_10_A.pdf

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