Foes can be friends: laboratory trials on invasive apple snails, Pomacea spp. preference to invasive weed, Limnocharis flava (L.) Buchenau compared to rice, Oryza sativa L.

• Main Authors: Ahmed Gilal, Arfan, Muhamad Awang, Rita, Omar, Dzolkhifli, Abdul Aziz, Nor Azwady, Gnanasegaram, Manjeri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Smith and Franklin Academic Publishing 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54335/1/Foes%20can%20be%20friends.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54335/; http://zsp.com.pk/vol-48[3].html
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Rice ecosystem often involves a complex interaction of various pest species with rice. An example of such interaction is that between the invasive Pomacea spp. and Limnocharis flava. Both invasive pests have caused heavy loss to rice in Southeast Asia including Malaysia. However, information on the...