Implementing wood ants in biocontrol: Suppression of apple scab and reduced aphid tending

BACKGROUND Ants can become efficient biocontrol agents in plantation crops as they prey on pest insects and may inhibit plant pathogens by excreting broad‐spectrum antibiotics. However, ants also provide a disservice by augmenting attended honeydew producing homopterans. This disservice may be avoid...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pest management science 2023-07, Vol.79 (7), p.2415-2422
Hauptverfasser:	Jensen, Ida Cecilie, Hansen, Rikke Reisner, Damgaard, Christian, Offenberg, Joachim
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ant biological control Antibiotics Ants aphid control apple scab (Venturia inaequalis) Apples artificial sugar feeding Biological control Crops Formica polyctena Fruit trees Fruits Honeydew Insects Leaves Orchards pathogen suppression Pathogens Pest control Pests Plantations Plants (botany) Prey Scab Signs and symptoms Sugar Trees Wood
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