Evaluation of Food Baits for Use in the Red Palm Weevil Pheromone Traps

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dc.contributor.authorMuthiah, C.
dc.contributor.authorRethinaraja, R.
dc.contributor.authorRajarathinam, S.
dc.contributor.authorRadhakrishnan Nair, C.P.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-16T10:57:25Z
dc.date.available2014-06-16T10:57:25Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractThe red palm weevil Rhynchophonisfemrgineus E is a destructive pest in young palms of coconut, oilpalm, and date palm. Trapping of adult weevil population with food baited aggregation pheromone traps is becoming an important eco-friendly component of the integrated pest management programme. Field evaluation was conducted on pheromone trap in combination with different natural plant products as food baits. The study conducted during 2000 revealed that pheromone + palmyrah fruit juice captured significantly more number (10.91 weevildweek) of weevils and it was on par with pheromone + tender coconut water (9.09 weevilslweek). Where as control traps, without any food attractant, captured less number of weevils (2.85 weevilslweek). In the year 2001 also the treatment with pheromone + palmyrah fruit juice captured significantly more (1560 weevildweek) weevils followed by pheromone + tender coconut water (13.44 weevildweek). The treatment involving pheromone alone captured only a minimum number of weevils (4.52 weevildweek). Female weevils are attracted more for the pheromone trap than males. The effect of pheromone lure was observed even for 20 weeks.en_US
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of Placrosym XV (2002): 509-512en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2973
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.titleEvaluation of Food Baits for Use in the Red Palm Weevil Pheromone Trapsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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