Mutual influence of ants and aphidophages on the biology and ecology of aphids in apple orchards in southern Russia
Journal: South of Russia ecology development
Year: 2025

The aim was to study the relationships between colonies of different species of apple aphids with two species of ants and some aphidophages in the south of Russia. The studies were carried out from 2013 to 2020 in the apple orchards of the Kuban educational farm of the Kuban State Agrarian University in Krasnodar. The area of the two experimental plots was 0.5 hectares each. The objects of the studies were four species of aphids: Aphis pomi , Dysaphis devecta, Dysaphis plantaginea and Eriosoma l