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SUBMITTER: Wyckhuys KAG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6323051 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Communications biology 20190107
Though often perceived as an environmentally-risky practice, biological control of invasive species can restore crop yields, ease land pressure and thus contribute to forest conservation. Here, we show how biological control against the mealybug <i>Phenacoccus manihoti</i> (Hemiptera) slows deforestation across Southeast Asia. In Thailand, this newly-arrived mealybug caused an 18% decline in cassava yields over 2009-2010 and an escalation in prices of cassava products. This spurred an expansion ...[more]