Red Palm Weevil Control for Date Palm Trees

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• Weevil Species & Dristribution

  1. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Oliv  -   Asia, Africa, Europe 2. Rhynchophorus palmarum  (L) -    Mexico, Central and South America 3. Rhynchophorus cruentatus (F)  -  Florida, the coast of south-eastern USA, South Carolina to Texas   4. Rhynchophorus vulneratus Panz  

• Management of Red Palm Weevil

  1. Preventive methods: The prophylactic or preventive methods are meant to delay or prevent the entry of the palm weevil into new gardens, locations, or regions.  For this purpose most vulnerable stages of the palms are treated with pesticides, cultural practices like leaf cutting are modified, phy

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• Host plants

  R. ferrugineus is essentially a pest of palms, being recorded on Areca catechu, Arenga pinnata, Cocos nucifera, Borassus flabellifer, Phoenix dactylifera, Phoenix sylvestris, Phoenix canariensis, Elaeis guineensis, Calamus merillii, Caryota maxima, Caryota cumingii, Corypha gebanga, Corypha elata, L

• Album Pics

   Eggs  Early instar larvae  Middle instar grub in partially fed sugarcane bits  Pupa (fibrous cocoon removed)  Rearing in sugarcane bits  Rearing adults (split sugarcane bits removed)  Damaged coconut palm cut to show exit hole marks  D

• Detecton of pest damage

  The infestation may be categorized into three damage stages such as,  mild, medium and severe.  The palm with mild damage will have small holes and oozing of brown viscous liquid.   In the second stage, the palm will show clear indication of damage, with extrusion of chewed up fibers and bad

• Rating damage intensity

  Coconut palm damage percentage: Generally the extension agencies record the number of infestions by the pest to understan its severity in a given location, region, province etc.  This will help in formulation extension programs to suit the local needs.   Date palm damage percentage: Here al