Assessing the impact of areawide pheromone trapping, pesticide applications, and eradication of infested date palms for Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) management in Al Ghowaybah, Saudi Arabia

Evaluation of the efficacy of insecticidal coatings based on teflutrin and chlorpyrifos against Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

“…However, it is not possible to apply the coating as a curative effect on palms that are already infested, because the target pest is protected inside the palm; other products are recommended, such as imidacloprid, or biological control agents . The product can be applied within an integrated pest management strategy for R. ferrugineus which includes surveillance, early detection, trapping using pheromones, protecting wounds, physical methods, sanitation, use of attractants and other chemicals . In particular the adoption of an early detection method, integrated with a vinyl acetate coating containing chlorpyrifos, can be considered an optimal combination of methods for integrated pest management.…”

“…19 The product can be applied within an integrated pest management strategy for R. ferrugineus which includes surveillance, early detection, trapping using pheromones, protecting wounds, physical methods, sanitation, use of attractants and other chemicals. 20,21 In particular the adoption of an early detection method, integrated with a vinyl acetate coating containing chlorpyrifos, can be considered an optimal combination of methods for integrated pest management.…”

Expression profiling, phylogenetic, and structural analyses of a laccase gene from the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

“…Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has classified the RPW as category-1 pest on date palm in the Middle East (Al-Dosary et al, 2016). The weevil completes its entire larval life cycle within the palm trunk, which renders detection of its early infestation difficult and its control with the conventional methods have evidenced unsuccessful (Faleiro et al, 2012;Hoddle et al, 2013). Looking for possible alternative control methods, thus, synthetic biology approaches were proposed.…”

Review on the Management of Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier in Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera L

“…Experiences from the Gulf region in the Middle-East and the Mediterranean countries have Saudi Arabia Area-wide management of the pheromone based R. ferrugineus -RPW control programme in Al-Hassa was validated in 15 operational areas comprising of more than 4000ha (>35% of the area with over 1.08 million palms) for six months from April to September, 2011 based on mean monthly values for weevil captures in food-baited pheromone traps, infestation levels and eradication of severely infested palms Results revealed that mean monthly weevil captures were signifi cantly different in the 15 operational areas sampled, but were statistically at par in the three major zones (centre, north and east) of the oasis while infestation levels in the operational areas varied signifi cantly and were found to be well below the 1% action threshold in the east of the oasis, nearing 1% in the centre while being well above the threshold (1% infestation) in the north. In general, the study showed that while the pheromone based IPM strategy adopted had the desired impact in the east, the strategy needed minor adjustments in the centre but called for major reinforcement in the north of the oasis Hoddle et al, 2013 shown that R. ferrugineus had spread rapidly through infested planting material transported mainly for ornamental purposes and also date palm farming . Several date palm producing countries have legal decrees restricting/banning the movement of such material.…”