The cashew nut, Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae), and its perennial association with ants: extrafloral nectary location and the potential for ant defense.
- F. Rickson, M. Rickson
- Biology, MedicineAmerican-Eurasian journal of botany
- 1 June 1998
Information is presented that cashew has a strong potential for arthropod-dependent protection from pests and important habitat considerations for encouraging ants within cashew plantings and the potential of ants replacing chemical pesticides in insect control is explored.
ANATOMICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEAF TRICHILIUM AND MÜLLERIAN BODIES OF CECROPIA PELTATA L.
- F. Rickson
- Biology
- 1 October 1976
Mutualism in which ants must be present before plants produce food bodies
- S. Risch, F. Rickson
- BiologyNature
- 1 May 1981
In the mutualistic relationship between the plant Piper cenocladum and the ant Pheidole bicornis, the production of food bodies is closely tied to the presence of the ants, so that when they are removed, production ofFood bodies nearly ceases and when ants reinvade the plant, production begins again.
Biodiversity of Domatia Occupants (Ants, Wasps, Bees, and Others) of the Sri Lankan Myrmecophyte Humboldtia Laurifolia Vahl (Fabaceae)
- K. Krombein, B. Norden, M. Rickson, F. Rickson
- Biology
- 1999
The myrmecophyte Humboldtia laurifolia is endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is a common understory tree in lowland rainforests and attracts a diversity of invertebrate associates and possesses morphology and phenology that facilitate a relationship with ants.
Invertebrate biodiversity (ants, bees, and others) associated with stem domatia of the indian myrmecophyte Humboldtia brunonis Wallich (Magnoliophyta: Fabaceae)
- F. Rickson, M. Rickson, K. Ghorpade, B. Norden, K. Krombein
- Biology
- 2003
The legume tree genus Humboldtia Vahl contains three mutualistic, myrmecophytic species. These trees develop inflated, hollow internodes which differentiate a single, self-opening entrance hole for…
DEVELOPMENTAL ANATOMY AND ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE ANT‐FOOD BODIES (BECCARIIAN BODIES) OF MACARANGA TRILOBA AND M. HYPOLEUCA (EUPHORBIACEAE)
- F. Rickson
- Environmental Science
- 1 March 1980
It is proposed to name the Macaranga ant-food bodies Beccariian bodies in honor of the Italian botanist Odoardo beccari who explored S.E. Asia in the late 1800s.
ULTRASTRUCTURAL DIFFERENTIATION OF THE MÜLLERIAN BODY GLYCOGEN PLASTID OF CECROPIA PELTATA L.
- F. Rickson
- Biology
- 1 October 1976
The developmental ultrastructure of the glycogen plastids produced in Miillerian body cells of Cecropia peltata was studied and, based on cytochemical evidence, it is suggested that the glycogens synthesizing enzymes are glycogen synthesis enzymes.
PROGRESSIVE LOSS OF ANT-RELATED TRAITS OF CECROPIA PELTATA ON SELECTED CARIBBEAN ISLANDS'
- F. Rickson
- Biology
- 1 May 1977
Cecropia is present on certain Caribbean islands, north of Trinidad and Tobago, but does not maintain a relationship with ants, and on the islands between Trinidad and Puerto Rico, stages in the loss of traits related to the ant symbiosis are present.
Anatomical and ultrastructural aspects of the ant-food cell of Piper cenocladum C.DC. (Piperaceae)
- F. Rickson, S. Risch
- Biology
- 1 October 1984
P. cenocladum possede une cavite formee par le petiole, qui peut etre habitee par la fourmi Pheidole bicornis, qui entraine une differenciation des cellules epidermiques du petiolle.
Glycogen Plastids in M�llerian Body Cells of Cecropia peltata—A Higher Green Plant
- F. Rickson
- Environmental ScienceScience
- 23 July 1971
A series of chemical tests and observations indicates that this glycogen in the cells of M�llerian bodies on Cecropia peltata (Moraceae) trees is identical to animal glycogen.
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