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Some Research About Weaver Ants as a Natural Pest Control

Side-Green.Com - Some Research About weaver ants as a Natural Pest Control - Research on the potential of weaver ants as controlling plant pests or natural enemies of pests has been done for a long time. Huang and Yang (1987) writes that weaver ants are well known to the Chinese in the year 304 AD to control pest infestation-fleas in citrus. Aggressive behavior of weaver ants in defending his territory might be one consideration for farmers to use it as a "keeper" crops against pests. Van Mele studies in Vietnam (Van Mele & Truyen, 2002) proved that the application of technology Smaragdina O. proper management in the field, able to increase their potential as natural enemies.

Way and Khoo (1992) mentions that weaver ants become natural enemies in about 16 species of pests that attack plant species, namely cocoa, coconut, palm, mango, eucalyptus, and orange. Together with his relatives, namely O. Longinoda, O. Smaragdina protect these plants from other hama.Penelitian attack also proves that weaver ants into natural enemies of pests on crops of black pepper and mahogany. For example, Offenberg et al (2006) showed that weaver ants can protect plants from attack mangrove crab Episesarma versicolor.

Some Research About Weaver Ants as a Natural Pest Control

Benefits of weaver ants have been known to plant in many negara.Demikian Similarly, farmers in the Mekong Delta (Vietnam) and East Kalimantan (Indonesia) have experience on how weaver ants can improve fruit quality. The resulting fruit becomes more interesting and more fresh. If one looks closely, weaver ants can interfere with, hinder or prey on various types of pests such as ladybird green, leaf-eating caterpillars, eating insects and fruit. Weaver ant populations are high can reduce mite pest problems, snorer leaves and greening disease in citrus orchards. Known weaver ants can also protect eucalyptus and other trees. These ants can control most pests on citrus and cashew, coconut and cocoa protect crops from attack ladybugs, thus increasing the quality and quantity of the crop. Weaver ants mice may also prevent attacks.

Of course this is very interesting. In the midst of our agriculture is lack of support healthy ecosystems, the business use of weaver ants could be an alternative to control pests and plant diseases. With weaver ants we can avoid the use of pesticides, which means there is farming cost savings as well as maintain a healthy environment.

Don't forget read also:
History and Origins of weaver ants as Insect Plant Pest Control
 
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