Kanga, F.N., Hauser, S., & Moens, M. 2020 Biocontrol potential of indigenous entomopathogenic nematodes from Cameroon against scale insect pest Stictococcus vayssierei and tending ant Anoplolepis tenella. Biological Control 149: 104321
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Notes: Three series of experiments were carried out to assess the virulence and environmentally dependent biocontrol potential of entomopathogenic nematodes from Cameroon against two cassava insect pests, Stictococcus vayssierei and its trophobiotic ant, Anoplolepis tenella, under laboratory and screenhouse conditions. The results from this study are sufficiently encouraging to embark on in situ testing. For integrated S. vayssierei control, implications such as the development of an adequate field application method to be used at field conditions are discussed, as even moderate levels of control might be economically profitable.
