Effects of an African weaver ant, Oecophylla longinoda, in controlling mango fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Benin

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 695-701

  Van Mele, Paul ^a   Vayssières, Jean François ^b,c   Van Tellingen, Esther ^b   Vrolijks, Jan ^c  

^a AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

^b International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA   (Benin)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; CGIAR; Conservation biological control; Fruit flies; Mango

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BENIN; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; MANGO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BENIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; MANGIFERA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TEPHRITIDAE;

CERATITIS; CERATITIS COSYRA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; MANGIFERA INDICA; OECOPHYLLA; OECOPHYLLA LONGINODA; OECOPHYLLINI; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 34250778915     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[695:EOAAWA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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