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#Oecophylla longinoda# (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) lead to increased cashew kernel size and kernel quality

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Anato F.M., Sinzogan A.A.C., Offenberg J., Abandonon A., Wargui R., Deguenon J.M., Ayelo P.M., Vayssières J.F., Kossou D.
2017

Weaver ants, Oecophylla spp., are known to positively affect cashew, Anacardium occidentale L., raw nut yield, but their effects on the kernels have not been reported. We compared nut size and the proportion of marketable kernels between raw nuts collected from trees with and without ants. Raw nuts collected from trees with weaver ants were 2.9% larger than nuts from control trees (i.e., without ...

Culture des plantes; Ravageurs des plantes

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