Once the damage is identified based on symptoms, it is important to take up plant protection measures at the earliest. Usually the damaged tissue is removed and a suitable pesticide is applied to the damaged part. The part of damaged stem is drilled with a few holes and an effective chemical in
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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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
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
The Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Oliv (Curculionidae:Coleoptera) has assumed the status of a ubiquitous, major pest of economically important palms like coconut, date, oil palm in recent years. Originally hailing from India or South Asia this menace has spread to countries in Middle E