Significance of the tropical fire ant Solenopsis geminata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as part of the natural enemy complex responsible for successful biological control of many tropical irrigated rice pests

The tropical fire ant Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius) often nests very abundantly in the earthen banks (bunds) around irrigated rice fields in the tropics. Where some farmers habitually drain fields to the mud for about 3–4 days, the ants can quickly spread up to about 20 m into the fields where the...

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Main Authors: Way, M.J., Heong, K.L.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge University Press 2009
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/166212

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