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Monitoring of pest
Coconut palm monitoring: The palms in the age group of 5-20 years should be regularly surveyed for identifying any infestation. This has to be done atleast once in a month. Date palm monitoring: In date palm gardens, young palms should be checked thoroughly. Palms with offshoots on the stem shNews of Red Palm Weevil Research Chair, King Saud University
As the world is celebrating 5 June as ‘World Environment Day’, I am glad to inform my readers on this special day, that I have recently taken up the position as chair professor of the newly created Red Palm Weevil Research Chair at King Saudi University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It isBiotechnology
Many advances have been made in the frontier areas of biotechnology, tissue culture, genetic evaluation, genomics of plants and insects. Some mind boggling technologies which were only hypothetical have been transformed into reality in the form of GM crops. Along with positives, there are severaManagement 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, phyDamage
Almost the entire damage is caused by the larvae that feed on the inner tissues of host palm near the crown or some part of the trunk region. In coconut the damage is towards the upper portion of trunk but in date palm the damage is more at the base of the trunk. The external symptoms producHost 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, LContact
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