Attract and distract: Manipulation of a food-mediated protective mutualism enhances natural pest control
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment(2017)
Abstract
•Sugar provisioning affected the ant-aphid mutualism.•Sugar provisioning impacted ant activity.•Ant attendance was lower on both treatments with sugar provisioning.•Aphid colony size was faster reduced after sugar provisioning.•The abundance of the aphid natural enemies was enhanced following sugar provisioning.
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Key words
Ant-hemiptera mutualism,Biological control,Sugars,Citrus,Natural enemies
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