Experimental evaluation of the impacts of two ant species on banana weevil in Uganda

Biological Control

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-157

  Abera Kalibata, Agnes M ^a,b,c   Gold, Clifford S ^a,d   Van Driesche, Roy ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources   (Rwanda)

^d Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Ants; Banana; Banana weevil; Cosmopolites sordidus; Odontomachus troglodytes; Pheidole; Predation

Indexed keywords

COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS; CURCULIONIDAE; FORMICIDAE; ODONTOMACHUS TROGLODYTES; PHEIDOLE;

EID: 45849104787     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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