Experiences in Transplanting Wood Ants into Plantations for Integrated Pest Management

Experiences in Transplanting Wood Ants into Plantations for Integrated Pest Management

Ants can function efficiently as biocontrol agents in open field horticulture. Temperate wood ants can control forest pests, including species damaging forest regeneration plots and fruit plantations. Thus, they possess potential as biocontrol agents in open field horticulture, if they can persist...

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Main Authors: Jesper Stern Nielsen, Mogens Gissel Nielsen, Joachim Offenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2018-10-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
Formica polyctena
forestry
fruit plantations
Christmas tree plantations
organic production
biological control
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/2872

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