Insect science
Ant-aphid mutualism: the influence of Tapinoma ibericum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphidae) control by commercial and spontaneous natural enemies.
Jesús Foronda, Estefanía Rodríguez, Mónica González, María Del Mar Téllez, Carmen Robles-Vallet, Pablo Barranco, Felipe Pascual, Francisca Ruano
Published: 202610.1111/1744-7917.70249
Abstract
The cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii) is a major pest of greenhouse peppers in southern Spain. Biological control using the parasitoid wasp Aphidius colemani is limited because the ant Tapinoma ibericum, engaged in a mutualistic relationship with aphids,…
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