The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa

The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa

The cocoa black ant Dolichoderus thoracicus (Smith), plays an important role in the control of the cocoa mirid Helopeltis theobromae (Miller) in Malaysia. The ant has a mutualistic relationship with a variety of homopterans, the commonest one being the mealybug Cataenococcus hispidus (Morrison)....

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Main Author: Ang, Ban Na
Format: Thesis
Language:English
English
Published: 1988
Subjects:
Mealybugs - Cocoa - Case studies
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10248/1/FP_1988_5.pdf
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spelling my-upm-ir.102482024-03-25T07:16:12Z The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa 1988 Ang, Ban Na The cocoa black ant Dolichoderus thoracicus (Smith), plays an important role in the control of the cocoa mirid Helopeltis theobromae (Miller) in Malaysia. The ant has a mutualistic relationship with a variety of homopterans, the commonest one being the mealybug Cataenococcus hispidus (Morrison). Attempts to manipulate D. thoracicus are dependent on the ability to manipulate C. hispidus. The study carried out was aimed at obtaining information on C. hispidus to enable the mealybug to be established more successfully. A method of es timating the number of individuals in a first in star colony was devised. Mealybugs - Cocoa - Case studies 1988 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10248/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10248/1/FP_1988_5.pdf text en public masters Universiti Pertanian Malaysia Mealybugs - Cocoa - Case studies Faculty of Agriculture Khoo, Khay Chong English
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language English
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advisor Khoo, Khay Chong
topic Mealybugs - Cocoa - Case studies
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Ang, Ban Na
The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa
description The cocoa black ant Dolichoderus thoracicus (Smith), plays an important role in the control of the cocoa mirid Helopeltis theobromae (Miller) in Malaysia. The ant has a mutualistic relationship with a variety of homopterans, the commonest one being the mealybug Cataenococcus hispidus (Morrison). Attempts to manipulate D. thoracicus are dependent on the ability to manipulate C. hispidus. The study carried out was aimed at obtaining information on C. hispidus to enable the mealybug to be established more successfully. A method of es timating the number of individuals in a first in star colony was devised.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Ang, Ban Na
author_facet Ang, Ban Na
author_sort Ang, Ban Na
title The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa
title_short The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa
title_full The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa
title_fullStr The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa
title_full_unstemmed The Cocoa Black Ant-Mealybugrelationship: Artificial Establishment of Cataenococcus Hispidus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cocoa
title_sort cocoa black ant-mealybugrelationship: artificial establishment of cataenococcus hispidus (homoptera: pseudococcidae) on cocoa
granting_institution Universiti Pertanian Malaysia
granting_department Faculty of Agriculture
publishDate 1988
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10248/1/FP_1988_5.pdf
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