Red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier. The red palm weevil rpw, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier, 1790 is a large curculionid beetle belonging to the subfamily rhynchophorinae. It has been found devastating over 40 different commercial and ornamental palm tree species, belonging to 23 different genera and 3 families faleiro et. The crisprcas adaptive immune system has been attracting increasing scientific interest for biological functions and biotechnological applications. Infestation by rpw varies in relation to the height and age of palm trees and most likely is restricted to 01 m height above soil surface and to palms up to 10 years old. The red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus, invaded the gulf states in the mid1980s, where it is now causing severedamage to date palms. On the life history and habits of the palm weevil, rhynchophorus palmarium. Originating in humid tropical asia 4,5, the species has managed to expand its geographical range of occurrence well beyond areas that might seem suitable for the weevil at first glance. Since 2004 the valencia community has been invaded by a pest called rhynchophorus ferrugineus, which severely affects palm trees. The identification of the key odorants involved in attraction is essential in the development of a synthetic pheromone synergist to replace the nonstandardized use. Predicting the potential worldwide distribution of the red. Curculionidae, in phoenix canariensis under mediterranean climate. Males can be easily identified by the presence of thick, erect dorsal setae on rostrum fig.
This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The weevil is extensively dispersed in the old world, and described on 26 palm species in 16 different genera. Trapping systems for the red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier, rely on the use of natural plant odor sources to boost the attractiveness of the aggregation pheromone. Taxonomy, distribution, biology, and life cycle 69.
Biological studies on red palm weevil rhynchophorus. Three specimens that was obtained from a palm in northeast spain, showing the expansion of this species. The red palm weevil rhynchophorus ferrugineus is an invasive exotic species and phytosanitary quarantine species which is present in spain since 1995, when it was detected in granada and malaga. Biology and management of red palm weevil springerlink. Pdf the red palm weevil rpw rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier. Our approach is based on capturing and automatically recognizing the acoustic emission resulting from typical behaviors, e.
Rhynchophorinae, in the laboratory and field, life cycle, biological characteristics in its zone of introduction in spain, biological method of detection and possible control. Introduction the genus rhynchophorus currently contains nine species, of which six are known to attack palms. The ryhnchophorus ferrugineus is the most common and edible species of the palm weevils in the southern part of nigeria including bayelsa state. It provides stateoftheart scientific information on the ecology, biology, and management of palm pests from a global group of experts. Curculionidae, ranks among the most important pests of various palm species. Life cycle of red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus. Insect myosuppressins and sulfakinins stimulate release of the digestive enzyme amylase in two invertebrates.
Bioecology and integrated management of the red palm. The palm weevil rhynchophorus ferrugineus is one of two species of snout beetle known as. The adult beetles are relatively large, ranging between two and four centimeters long, and vary from a rusty red colour to almost entirely black. Bioecology and integrated management of the red palm weevil. Natural enemies of rhynchophorus ferrugineus and paysandisia archon. In date palm, phoenix dactylifera, control methods revolve around the use of food. High this article has been rated as highimportance on the projects importance scale. Curculionidae, is one of the most destructive pests of palms in the world. Infection of the red palm weevil rhynchophorus ferrugineus. Jan 20, 2011 rhynchophorus ferrugineus curculionidae.
In china, it has killed almost 20,000 coconut palms in the area of over 10,000 km 2 as an invasive pest since 1997. The red palm weevil rpw, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier, coleoptera. It has proved to be a devastating pest in many parts of the mediterranean where. Effect of host plants on development and reproduction of. Rpw has invaded middle east and several countries of the mediterranean basin during the last three decades. Three mites species associated with the red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus oliv. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Pdf red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier. Abstract the red palm weevil rhynchophorus ferrugineus is a devastating pest of palms in the mediterranean, middle east, and eastern countries. It provides stateoftheart scientific information on the ecology, biology, and management of. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus coleoptera, curculionidae is the most destructive pest of palm trees worldwide containing it invasive areas, such as the southern part of china. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus is essentially a pest of palms. Potential invasive pests of agricultural crops, edition.
Biology and management contains the most comprehensive and uptodate information on the red palm weevil and the palm borer moth, two newly emergent invasive palm pests which are adversely affecting palm trees around the world. All of these species have long been semicultivated or farmed by indigenous peoples and are excellent examples of how harvests of edible insects from. Palm weevils are major pests of various trees in the family arecaceae throughout the tropics including. Basic bioecological parameters of the invasive red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus coleoptera.
Larval duration of different instars was significantly affected by different diets, except for the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th larval instars. The same vascular bundles function for many years and do not regenerate. May 14, 2019 threat of red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier to date palm plantations in north africa. Morphology and physiology of palm trees as related to. Giant palm weevils of the genus rhynchophorus coleoptera. Genetic variation and invasion history of red palm weevil short ebook. Dolinski, in microbial control of insect and mite pests, 2017. The occurrence and biological characters of red palm weevil. The adult beetles are relatively large, ranging between two and four centimeters long, and are usually a rusty red colourbut many colour variants exist and have often been classified as different species e. The major species are rhynchophorus palmarum in the western hemisphere, r. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus an overview sciencedirect topics.
This pest poses the biggest threat to areas where host material is present. Infestation of red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus in relation to offshoots on date palm trunk and its management. The red palm weevil rpw, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier, coleoptera, curculionidae, rhynchophorinae, is an invasive pest of palm trees. In addition, they provided some information on the biology of this predator in the. Red palm weevil rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier, 1790. Bulletin of faculty of agriculture, cairo university, 57. During studies to adapt pheromone trapping of rhynchophorus palmarum to the special coconut growing conditions at the colombian pacific coast, 152 atypicallycolored specimens were captured in a total collection of 53,802 of the normally completely black weevil. This insect, originally from the tropical regions of asia and polynesia, has extended continuously through other areas of the planet, colonising different. Here, we report a comprehensive characterisation of crisprcas systems identified in s. Curculionidae is widely distributed in southern asia and melanesia.
Sadakathulla, 1991, and are sympatric throughout journal of natural history. Prabhakaran nair, in the agronomy and economy of important tree crops of the developing world, 2010. Curculionidae, is one of the most destructive pests of palms. Paper presented in the meeting on the red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus, muscat, oman, 1920 february, 2000 abstract banu jg, sosamma vk, koshy pk, 1998. The red palm weevil rpw, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier coleoptera. The pest originates from south and southeast asia, but has expanded its range dramatically since the 1980s.
Identification of pheromone synergists for rhynchophorus. The gut entomotype of red palm weevil rhynchophorus. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, the red or asian palm weevil rpw, has a long history of invading new areas. Synonymy of rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier, 1790 and r. Basic bioecological parameters of the invasive red palm. The red palm weevil rpw rhynchophorus ferrugineus is the major destructive insect pest of a broad range of palm trees. The biology and life history of the weevil have been investigated on five diets, including. African journal of biotechnology expression profiling. A hand book of economic entomology for south india. The red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus,an indigenous species from south east asia, has recently become one of the most dangerous pests of palms around the globe.
Taxonomy, distribution, biology, and life cycle the red palm weevil rpw, rhynchophorus ferrugineus, has been known as a pest for more than one century. The red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus, a new pest threat in the caribbean. These are the rhynchophorus spp and the oryctes spp, commonly known as bayelsa suya or maggot meat. The genus rhynchophorus currently contains nine species, of which six are known to attack palms. Biology, biogeography, and integrated pest management. The palm weevil rhynchophorus vulneratus is one of two species of snout beetle known as the red palm weevil, asian palm weevil, or sago palm weevil. A suggestion to use dogs for detecting red palm weevil rhynchophorus ferrugineus infestation in date palms in israel. The morphological, biochemical, and toxicological features of this. Summary the red palm weevil rpw, rhynchophorus ferrugineus, has been known as a pest for more than one century in its native area. The biology of red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus oliv. All the stages of rpw live on palms, and more specifically in palm tissues. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus and rhynchophorus palmarum. The palm weevil rhynchophorus ferrugineus is one of two species of snout beetle known as the red palm weevil, asian palm weevil or sago palm weevil.
Intestinal microbiota confer protection by priming the. Curculionidae is a palm borer native to south asia, which has spread mainly due to the movement of cryptically infested. The development, survivorship and reproduction of red palm weevil rhynchophorus ferrugineus, reared on five ornamental palm slices, were studied in the laboratory at constant temperature of 26c. Here, we report the first recovery of the entomopathogenic fungus metarhizium pingshaense associated with r. The weevil is dispersed in the old world, and described on 26 palm species in 16 different genera. Predicting the potential worldwide distribution of. Severely attacked plants exhibit a total loss of foliage and rotting of the trunk, which eventually results in the death of the tree.
Calandra ferruginea fabricius, 1801, curculio ferrugineus olivier, 1790, rhynchophorus signaticollis chevrolat, 1882 taxonomic position. Red palm weevil rpw, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier, is a devastating pest of. Two other species, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier and rhynchophorus palmarum l. Effects of gamma radiation on various stages of red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus f. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. One species, rhynchophorus cruentatus fabricius, is native to florida and the southeastern us. Biology of red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier coleoptera. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus is a major economic pest of coconut palm, date palm, oil palm, sago palm and a range of ornamental palms. Pdf the invasive red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier coleoptera. Pdf the red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus. Palm weevil larva rhynchophorus ferrugineus consumption as.
Pdf the red palm weevil rpw, rhynchophorus ferrugineus is an economically important pest of palms in many parts of the world. Threat of red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier to date palm plantations in north africa. Characterization and comparison of metarhizium strains. The larvae fed on sugar cane slices slowly developed to exhibit. Some biota are rapidly fatal, as with the infestation by the palm weevil, rhynchophorus sp. Rhynchophorinae has been recognized as a major economically important pest of palm species for more than a century. The present work reports research efforts toward development and evaluation of a unified framework for automatic bioacoustic recognition of specific insect pests.
Rhynchophorus, or common name palm weevil, is a genus of beetles in the weevil family, curculionidae. This polyphagous insect is widely found in southern asia and melanesia where it is a wellknown problem for the damage it causes to coconuts grown in plantations. In the early eighties it was first recorded outside its natural range of occurrence. The scallop pecten maximus and insect rhynchophorus ferrugineus ronald j. Microorganisms free fulltext characterization of crispr.
The red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier. It is always emphasized to develop integrated pest management based on biological agents, but their success is not very exciting. Jan, 2017 the red palm weevil rpw, rhynchophorus ferrugineus, has been known as a pest for more than one century in its native area. Mitochondrial genetic variation and invasion history of. Palm weevil rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier coleoptera.
This insect, originally from the tropical regions of asia and polynesia, has extended continuously through other areas of the planet, colonising different species of palm trees. Click download or read online button to get biology for you by gareth williams pdf book now. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus south american palm weevil rhynchophorus palmarum palm weevils palmetto weevil. Five specimens had the typical coloration of rhynchophorus ferrugineus, an invasive species recently. General information about rhynchophorus ferrugineus rhycfe eppo global database. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus is considered the worst pest of palm species, and few natural enemies are reported for this parasite in its area of origin. Curculionidae is a palm borer native to south asia, which has spread mainly due to the movement of cryptically infested planting material to the middle east, africa and.
Rhynchophorinae, in the laboratory and field life cycle, biological characteristics in its zone of introduction in spain, biological method of detection and possible control. C this article has been rated as cclass on the projects quality scale. It feeds on a broad range of palms including coconut, sago, date, and oil palms rajamanickam et al. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus rhycfeoverview eppo global. This chapter summarizes the research developed during the last century on different aspects of the red palm weevil r. Jacas2 summary the invasive red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier coleoptera. Preparation of red palm weevil rhynchophorus ferrugineus. All stages egg, larva, pupa and adult are spent inside the palm itself and the life cycle cannot be completed elsewhere. The red palm weevil rhynchophorus ferrugineus is a bug local tropical areas of. The females deposit about 300500 eggs in separate holes they produced while searching for food or injuries on the palm or take advantage of the cracks or wounds in a recently cut palm. The red palm weevil rpw, rhynchophorus ferrugineus, has been known as a pest for more than one century in its native area. Futahashi r, tanaka k, matsuura y, tanahashi m, kikuchi y, fukatsu t 2011.
Your use of this pdf, the bioone web site, and all posted and associated content. States with the highest host density for this pest include florida and some parts of louisiana and california usdacphst, 2010. Insect myosuppressins and sulfakinins stimulate release of. Red palm weevil rpw, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier, is a destructive pest for palm trees worldwide ju et al. The red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus, an indigenous species from south east asia, has recently become one of the most dangerous pests of palms around the globe.
Motherderived transgenerational immune priming in the. The red palm weevil rpw rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier coleoptera. Ipm of the red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus. This pest is classified as a quarantine pest by the existing legislation and therefore its control and eradication has been declared to be in the public interest by the order. Biology for you by gareth williams pdf download ebook pdf. Dec 20, 2015 biology of red palm weevil, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier coleoptera. Laccase2 is required for cuticular pigmentation in stinkbugs. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus is within the scope of wikiproject beetles, an attempt to better organize information in articles related to beetles. Factsheet rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier red palm weevil. Nov 21, 2017 rhynchophorus ferrugineus, also known as the red palm weevil rpw, is widely considered as the most devastating insect pest of palms in the world, even in the countries where it has been accidently introduced ju et al. Introduction the asian palm weevils, rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier and r.
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