REVIEW: Ants as tools in sustainable agriculture

Reducing losses inflicted by insect pests on cashew, using weaver ants as a biological control agent

(2015) Florence M. Anato et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY

Impact of African Weaver Ant Nests [Oecophylla longinoda Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)] on Mango [Mangifera indica L. (Sapindales: Anacardiaceae)] Leaves

(2015) Florence Mahouton Anato et al.   SOCIOBIOLOGY

My Enemy's Enemies: Recruiting Hemipteran-Tending Generalist ants for Biological Control in Citrus Orchards by Spatial Partitioning of Foraging Webs

(2014) A. Bownes et al.   AFRICAN ENTOMOLOGY

Ant mosaics in cocoa agroforestry systems of Southern Cameroon: influence of shade on the occurrence and spatial distribution of dominant ants

(2014) Zéphirin Tadu et al.   AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS

Complex Ecological Interactions in the Coffee Agroecosystem

(2014) Ivette Perfecto et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Manipulating tropical fire ants to reduce the coffee berry borer

(2014) WARING TRIBLE et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Functionally different predators break down antipredator defenses of spider mites

(2014) Hatsune Otsuki et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Ant diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and predation by ants on the different stages of the sugarcane borer life cycle Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

(2014) Roseli De Fatima De OLIVEIRA et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Mutualistic ants as an indirect defence against leaf pathogens

(2014) Marcia González-Teuber et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Cover Cropping Alters the Diet of Arthropods in a Banana Plantation: A Metabarcoding Approach

(2014) Gregory Mollot et al.   PLoS One

Using weaver antsOecophylla smaragdinato control two important pests on African mahoganyKhaya senegalensisin the Northern Territory of Australia

(2013) Renkang Peng et al.   AUSTRALIAN FORESTRY

Ants defend coffee from berry borer colonization

(2013) David J. Gonthier et al.   BIOCONTROL

Flowers attract weaver ants that deter less effective pollinators

(2013) Francisco G. Gonzálvez et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Population dynamics of Dasiops inedulis (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) and its biotic and abiotic mortality factors in Colombian sweet passionfruit orchards

(2013) Diego A. Carrero et al.   JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

Ants protect conifer seedlings from feeding damage by the pine weevilHylobius abietis

(2012) Vítězslav Maňák et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY

Biological control of the fruit-spotting bugAmblypelta lutescensusing weaver antsOecophylla smaragdinaon African mahoganies in Australia

(2012) Renkang Peng et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY

New primary resource increases predation on a pest in a banana agroecosystem

(2012) Gregory Mollot et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY

Crop-specific mortality of southern green stink bug eggs in Bt- and non-Bt cotton, soybean and peanut

(2012) D.M. Olson et al.   BIOCONTROL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Efficacy of the African weaver antOecophylla longinoda(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the control ofHelopeltisspp. (Hemiptera: Miridae) andPseudotheraptus wayi(Hemiptera: Coreidae) in cashew crop in Tanzania

(2012) Moses I Olotu et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Life history, damage assessment and control of Trioza hopeae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), a serious pest on Hopea odorata (Malvales: Dipterocarpaceae) in Vietnam

(2012) Nga Thi VU et al.   ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

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

(2011) Renkang Peng et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY

The effect of ground vegetation management on competition between the ants Oecophylla longinoda and Pheidole megacephala and implications for conservation biological control

(2011) Z.S.K. Seguni et al.   CROP PROTECTION

Interactions Between Extrafloral Nectaries, Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and Other Natural Enemies Affect Biological Control ofGrapholita molesta(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) on Peach (Rosales: Rosaceae)

(2011) Clarissa R. Mathews et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Cascading Indirect Effects in a Coffee Agroecosystem: Effects of Parasitic Phorid Flies on Ants and the Coffee Berry Borer in a High-Shade and Low-Shade Habitat

(2011) Gabriella L. Pardee et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Ecological Complexity and Pest Control in Organic Coffee Production: Uncovering an Autonomous Ecosystem Service

(2010) John Vandermeer et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Defensive Plant-Ants Stabilize Megaherbivore-Driven Landscape Change in an African Savanna

(2010) Jacob R. Goheen et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Weaver ants,Oecophylla smaragdina(Hymenoptera: Formicidae), as biocontrol agents on African mahogany trees,Khaya senegalensis(Sapindales: Meliaceae), in the Northern Territory of Australia

(2010) Renkang Peng et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEST MANAGEMENT

Effects of tillage and irrigation in cereal fields on weed seed removal by seed predators

(2009) Bàrbara Baraibar et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Ants on plants: a meta-analysis of the role of ants as plant biotic defenses

(2009) Felix B. Rosumek et al.   OECOLOGIA

Social and ecological facets of pest management in Honduran subsistence agriculture: implications for IPM extension and natural resource management

(2009) Kris A. G. Wyckhuys et al.   ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

Recent advances in conservation biological control of arthropods by arthropods

(2008) Mattias Jonsson et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Economics and adoption of conservation biological control

(2008) Ross Cullen et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Investigations onOecophylla longinoda(Latreille) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as a biocontrol agent in the protection of cashew plantations

(2008) Emmanuel A Dwomoh et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Efficacy and economics of shelter habitats for conservation biological control

(2007) Georgianne J.K. Griffiths et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL