The effect of weaver ants Oecophylla smaragdina on the shoot borer Hypsipyla robusta on African mahoganies in Australia

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-171

  Peng, Renkang ^a   Christian, Keith ^a   Reilly, Don ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Regional Development Primary Industries Fisheries and Resources ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Biocontrol agent; Biological control; Khaya senegalensis; Mahogany shoot borer; Mahogany timber production

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYPSIPYLA ROBUSTA; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; OECOPHYLLA SMARAGDINA; OECOPHYLLINI; PYRALIDAE; SWIETENIA;

EID: 79954594105     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2010.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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