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  

• News 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 is

• Arabic & other languages

  Now the blog is available with a language translator.  This will help non-English visitors especially Arabic speaking people to have a quick translation and this will help the people in the Gulf countries, Middle East and also North African countries besides Spain and Portugal.  I wish this blog

• 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

• Introduction

    Palms around the world are ruthlessly attacked and damaged by the Red Palm Weevil.  It targets coconut, date, oil and other palms causing great economic loss to the growers.  In some countries it not only causes direct losses but also  transmits diseases as a vector of dreaded red ring dise

• Biocontrol agents

  In nature there are some predators like earwigs which feed on the loose eggs.  However, there are no biocontrol agents capable of reducing the pest population.  Several laboratories have tested and tried to introduce biocontrol agents like entomopathogenic nematodes, fungal pathogens etc., but wi

• 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