Dataset on the abundance of ants and Cosmopolites sordidus damage in plantain fields with intercropped plants.
The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled "Ant abundance and Cosmopolites sordidus damage in plantain fields as affected by intercropping" (A.G. Dassou, D. Carval, S. Dépigny, G.H Fansi, P. Tixier, 2015) [1]. This article describes how associated crops maize (Zea mays), cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) and bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) intercropped in the plantain fields in Cameroun modify ant community structure and damages of banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus. The field data set is made publicly available to enable critical or extended analyzes.
CIRAD, Persyst, UPR GECO, TA B-26/PS4, Boulevard de la Lironde, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France; CARBAP, African Research Centre on Bananas and Plantains, BP 832 Douala, Cameroon; Laboratory of Biotechnology, Genetic Resources and Plant and Animal Breeding (BIORAVE), Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Dassa, Polytechnic University of Abomey, 01 BP 14 Dassa-Zoumè, Benin.
Anicet Gbèblonoudo
AG
Dassou
CIRAD, Persyst, UPR GECO, TA B-26/PS4, Boulevard de la Lironde, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France; CIRAD, UPR GECO, F-97285 Le Lamentin, Martinique, France.
Dominique
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Carval
CIRAD, Persyst, UPR GECO, TA B-26/PS4, Boulevard de la Lironde, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France; CARBAP, African Research Centre on Bananas and Plantains, BP 832 Douala, Cameroon.
Sylvain
S
Dépigny
CARBAP, African Research Centre on Bananas and Plantains, BP 832 Douala, Cameroon.
Gabriel
G
Fansi
CIRAD, Persyst, UPR GECO, TA B-26/PS4, Boulevard de la Lironde, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France; Departamento de Agricultura y Agroforesteria, CATIE, 7170, Cartago, Turrialba 30501, Costa Rica.
Philippe
P
Tixier
Ant community; Associated crops; C. sordidus; Cameroon; Damages; Plantain