Why aphids are not pests in cacao? An approach based on a predator-prey model with aging

Vladimir R. V. Assis, Nazareno G. F. Medeiros, Evandro N. Silva +2

We studied a mean-field predator-prey model with aging to simulate the \mbox{interaction} between aphids (\textit{Toxoptera aurantii}) and syrphid larvae in \mbox{cacao} farms in I…