scholarly journals Perspectives for Synergic Blends of Attractive Sources in South American Palm Weevil Mass Trapping: Waiting for the Red Palm Weevil Brazil Invasion

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 828
Author(s):  
Viviane Araujo Dalbon ◽  
Juan Pablo Molina Acevedo ◽  
Karlos Antônio Lisboa Ribeiro Junior ◽  
Thyago Fernando Lisboa Ribeiro ◽  
Joao Manoel da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategy ◽  
Aggregation Pheromones ◽  
Mass Trapping ◽  
South American ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Red Palm Weevil ◽  
Palm Weevil ◽  
American Palm ◽  
And Control ◽  
Palm Product

Coupling several natural and synthetic lures with aggregation pheromones from the palm weevils Rhynchophorus palmarum and R. ferrugineus reveals a synergy that results in an increase in pest captures. The combined attraction of pure pheromones, ethyl acetate, and decaying sweet and starchy plant tissue increases the net total of mass-trapped weevils. The 2018 entrance of the red palm weevil (RPW) into South America has threatened palm-product income in Brazil and other neighboring countries. The presence of the new A1 quarantine pest necessitates the review of all available options for a sustainable mass-trapping, monitoring, and control strategy to ultimately target both weevils with the same device. The effective lure-blend set for the mass-trapping system will attract weevils in baiting and contaminating stations for entomopathogenic fungi that the same weevils will spread.

scholarly journals Integrated Management of Major Coconut Pests Using Pheromone Lures

CORD ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
K. R. M. Bhanu
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Yield Loss ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Threshold Level ◽  
Aggregation Pheromones ◽  
Mass Trapping ◽  
Red Palm Weevil ◽  
Rhinoceros Beetle ◽  
Opisina Arenosella ◽  
Palm Weevil

Red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Rhinoceros beetle Oryctes rhinoceros Linn. (Coleoptera: Scarabidae) and Black headed caterpillar Opisina arenosella Walker (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) are the three among major insect pests of coconut in India. Grubs of Red palm weevil (RPW) enter and complete their life cycle within the stem, killing the tree, adults of Rhinoceros beetle (RB) feed on the growing point of the tree and cause yield loss and the larvae of black headed caterpillar scrape and feed on the green part of the coconut leaflets leading to burnt symptoms of the fronds, death of young trees and yield loss. Aggregation pheromones of RPW and RB are used for monitoring and mass trapping of RPW and RB to manage the pest under economic threshold level. During 2006-07 large scale field trials for RPW and RB were carried out in four different states in India by PCI under a partially funded Coconut Development Board (CDB) project using indigenously synthesized pheromone lures. It was demonstrated that the pheromone lures predominantly attracted virgin and gravid females of RPW and RB. Female sex pheromone of black headed caterpillar Opisina arenosella was also identified and developed in India by PCI, under a project partially funded by CDB; dispensers, dosage and traps were standardized under field conditions and further trials were also conducted in India. It was also established that pheromone lures can be used as a monitoring and a surveillance tool for understanding the pest status before the release parasitoids and natural enemies.

scholarly journals Population Abundance of Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) in Rhu Tapai Coconut Plantation

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
Nurul Syafiqah Senafi ◽  
Nor Zalipah Mohamed ◽  
Wahizatul Afzan Azmi
Keyword(s):  
Daily Rainfall ◽  
Trapping Efficiency ◽  
Mass Trapping ◽  
Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus ◽  
Population Abundance ◽  
Red Palm Weevil ◽  
Coconut Tree ◽  
Pheromone Trapping ◽  
Palm Weevil ◽  
Significant Difference

Red Palm Weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus is a lethal pest which has been described as a serious pest that reduces the production of coconut tree and other major cultivated palms. RPW infestation was initially detected by Department of Agriculture (DOA) in 2007 in all eight Terengganu districts. Rhu Tapai plantation area is one of the highly infested areas in Terengganu. Until now, limited reports on population abundance of this lethal pest have been discussed particularly in Rhu Tapai. Therefore, a study on population abundance is a must in order to understand the population dynamic of RPW which will be the first step of its control strategy. A total of 12 traps were installed and synthetic pheromones (P028 Ferrolure+) were used in attracting the RPW adults. Overall, 81 individuals of RPW were successfully collected after 16 weeks of pheromone trapping (3rd September until 28th November 2018). The trend of weekly RPW captured was eventually decreasing from Week 1 to Week 16 but showed a sudden increment in Week 10. Pandan cultivar plot captured the highest number of adult RPW compared with Mawa cultivar plots. Result showed no significant difference between RPW sexes percentage of sexes which was 53% of male and 47% of female (1:1 ratio) (U= 0.143, p > 0.05). Daily rainfall and temperature significantly reduced the trapping efficiency (R²rainfall = 0.142, p = 0.145; R²temperature = 0.0858; p = 0.258). These results will be the baseline information for future study regarding control management strategy using pheromone-based mass trapping system.

Remote Monitoring and Control System for Electrical Haulage Shearer

2014 ◽  
Vol 909 ◽  
pp. 247-251
Author(s):  
Jun Ying Jiang ◽  
Zen Qiang Wang ◽  
Hong Wei Ma ◽  
Xu Hui Zhang ◽  
Hai Yan Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Inertial Navigation System ◽  
Network Control ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Monitoring And Control System ◽  
Testing Method ◽  
Remote Monitoring And Control ◽  
And Control

For the requirements and problems in remote monitoring and control system of electrical haulage shearer, this paper research the key technologies of shearers remote monitoring and control system, such as position and attitude testing, control strategy decision, communication real-time and reliability of network. Position and attitude testing method based SINS (Strap down Inertial Navigation System) was designed to measure position, attitude angle, speed and drum height of shearer together. The shearer control strategy based on work mode was proposed to control shearer working in optimal status. Finally, the network control model of shearer was established in order to analyze the time delay that effects on shearer control system.

scholarly journals Visual symptoms and control of the Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) in the Gaza Strip, Palestine

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 322-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
ABDEL FATTAH N. ABD RABOU ◽  
EQBAL S. RADWAN
Keyword(s):  
Date Palm ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus ◽  
Red Palm Weevil ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Control Techniques ◽  
Visual Symptoms ◽  
Palm Weevil ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
And Control

Abd Rabou AN, Radwan ES. 2017. Visual symptoms and control of the Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. Nusantara Bioscience 9: 322-329. The Red Palm Weevil – RPW (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) has recently become one of the most destructive pests of Date Palms in the Gaza Strip and the Middle East. It is a serious pest threatening the Date Palm health and production, with the larva is the most destructive stage. The current study aims at introducing the visual symptoms and control techniques of the RPW in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. Field surveys and institutional visits were applied to fulfill the purpose of the study. The current study documented that first local infestation of Date Palm trees with the RPW was discovered in late 2011. The introduction of infected offshoots from Egypt through earth tunnel trade and the ability of the adult RPW to fly long distance and cross borders seem to be main causes of the local infestations with the pest. Different control techniques have been adopted by the responsible parties to combat the RPW; with the integrated pest management (IPM) program was tracked and respected. Finally, the study recommends the cooperation of different parties and authorities to adopt appropriate policies to eliminate the RPW and to support farmers with the necessary pesticides and equipment to control this painful pest.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Efficacy of Sex Pheromones and Food Attractants Used to Monitor and Control Synanthedon Myopaeformis (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 1575-1581 ◽  
Author(s):  
František Kocourek ◽  
Jitka Stará
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromones ◽  
Apple Juice ◽  
Mating Disruption ◽  
Flight Activity ◽  
Mass Trapping ◽  
Apple Orchards ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Food Attractants ◽  
Tree Injury ◽  
And Control

Synanthedon myopaeformis (Borkhausen, 1789) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) is a prominent pest of commercial apple orchards in Europe. the sex pheromones of S. myopaeformis and food attractants based on apple juice, beer and red wine were evaluated as tools for monitoring and control the populations of S. myopaeformis in apple orchards in the Czech Republic. For monitoring S. myopaeformis flight activity, trap designs were also evaluated, and the results indicated that wing traps were more suitable than delta traps because of their high efficacy even at low population densities of S. myopaeformis. The flight activity patterns of S. myopaeformis showed high intrapopulation variability and variability between years. The use of pheromones as a mating disruption technique led to a decrease of tree injury in comparison to untreated controls during the three years of the experiment. The reduction of the number of S. myopaeformis larvae per tree on a 14-ha plot treated subjected to the mating disruption technique reached 56 % in the third year of the experiment. In the three-year experiment using food attractants for the mass trapping of S. myopaeformis, catches of S. myopaeformis in traps using a combination of beer and apple juice (50:50) at a density of 4 traps/ha on a 4-ha plot increased more than 4-fold.

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