00889naa a2200193 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000170006024501140007726000090019152003280020065000170052865000130054565300340055865300200059265300170061265300140062977300520064316467951995-08-21       1987    bl ---       0--  u    #d1 aLOPEZ, A. B.  aPerception capacity of the ant tetramorium guineense in the biological control of the black weevil of banana.  c1987  aPerception capacity of Tetramorium  guineense  was studied under seminatural conditions. Banana rhizomes were inoculated artificially with black weevil larvae and sowed in four boxes filled with soil. Ants were able to locate and control some of the larvae in 24 hours; in 96 hour 68% of the larvae were controlled by ants.  aCosmopolites  aforaging  aBiological control arthropods  aFormica (genus)  aPest insects  aPlantains  tCiencias de la Agriculturegv.30, p.13-15, 1987