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This project aims to enhance mango crop yields in Thailand by disrupting the mutualism between weaver ants and honeydew-producing pests. By using sugarcane molasses as an alternative food source, the project will evaluate its effects on pest populations, ant behavior, and the overall health of mangoes and queen brood.
Oecophylla smaragdina weaver ants are important biocontrol agents of fruit crops in Thailand but their mutualistic association with honeydew-producing insect pests can result in an ineffectual crop protection and cause economic harm to farmers.
I will take an innovative, application-oriented, and interdisciplinary approach by disrupting the weaver ant-Hemiptera mutualism in Thailand with sugarcane molasses as honeydew and sugar alternative in mango (Mangifera indica) and eventually improve the y…
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
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Thailand, Bangkok
Type: University / higher education
Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
SME: No
Belgium, Westerlo
Type: Company (for-profit)
Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
SME: No
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