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Testing Biological Control Ant-decapitating phorid flies are just one of the biological control agents used to battle imported fire ants. Researchers have also enlisted the help of Thelohania solenopsae, another natural enemy of the ants. This microsporidian (Section 23.4) is a
Are these biological controls useful against imported fire ants? To find out, USDA scientists treated infested areas with either traditional pesticides or pesticides plus biological controls (both flies and the parasite). The scientists left some plots untreated as controls. FIGURE 45.28 shows the results.
FIGURE 45.28 A comparison of two methods of controlling red imported fire ants. The graph shows numbers of imported fire ants over a 28-month period Orange triangles represent untreated control plots. Green circles are plots treated with pesticides alone Black squares are plots treated with pesticide and biological control agents (phorid flies along with a microsporidian parasite).
3. If this study had ended after the first year, would you conclude that biological controls had a major effect?
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Ch. 45 - The type of physical environment in which a...Ch. 45 - Which cannot be a symbiosis? a. mutualism b....Ch. 45 - Prob. 3SQCh. 45 - ______ can lead to resource partitioning. a....Ch. 45 - Prob. 5SQCh. 45 - Prob. 1DAACh. 45 - Prob. 2DAACh. 45 - Testing Biological Control Ant-decapitating phorid...Ch. 45 - Prob. 4DAACh. 45 - Lizards that eat flies they catch on the ground...
Ch. 45 - Prob. 7SQCh. 45 - With ______, one species evolves to look like...Ch. 45 - Growth of a forest in an abandoned corn field is...Ch. 45 - Prob. 10SQCh. 45 - If you remove a species from a community, the...Ch. 45 - Prob. 12SQCh. 45 - Prob. 13SQCh. 45 - Prob. 14SQCh. 45 - Prob. 15SQCh. 45 - With antibiotic resistance rising, researchers are...Ch. 45 - Flightless birds on islands often have relatives...
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