On Organic Coffee Farm, Complex Interactions Keep Pests under Control (IMAGE)

University of Michigan

On Organic Coffee Farm, Complex Interactions Keep Pests under Control

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Azteca ants protect green coffee scale, an insect pest of coffee, from predators and parasites in return for honeydew, which the scale secretes.

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John Vandermeer

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