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EVALUATION OF SPECIFIC PHEROMONE TRAP DESIGNS AND COMPONENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN REDUCING THE RED PALM WEEVIL POPULATION IN EGYPTIAN PALM FARMS

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Last updated: 26 Dec 2024

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Due to the extreme danger of the red palm weevil (RPW),Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Dryophthoridae) on date palms and its rapid spread in many countries in the world. This work was carried out to evaluate the effect ofusing different pheromones, baits and trap shapes on the attraction of the RPW adults by pheromone traps in date palm plantations. Results revealed that the traps contained Rhyncho gel pheromone recorded the highest average of captured RPW 20.17 adults/ trap compared to the three other tested pheromones,Rhyno cap, English and Costa Rican which recorded, 17.44, 12.94 and 7.44 adults/ trap respectively. Also, the traps contained dates as a food bait attracted the highest average of RPW adult 55.47 adults/ trap compared to the other four tested baits, Pineapple, Sugar beet, sugar cane and palm pollen grains that collected 27.56, 25.25, 11.83 and 10.39 adults/ trap respectively. In addition, trap shape No. three achieved the highest average of attracted RPW adults 16.81 adults/ trap followed by the trap shape No. two, 13.81 adults/ trap without significant differences between them, while the trap shape No. one collected the least insects number, 10.22 adults/ trap with a significant difference with the other two forms. It is clear from the results that we recommend the use of the third-shaped trap containing Rhyncho gel pheromone and dates as a food bait, as each of these three treatments has achieved the highest efficiency of attracting RPW adults in date palm farms to reduce their population.

DOI

10.21608/mjapam.2024.261543.1029

Keywords

Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, RPW trap, Aggregation pheromone, Rhyncho gel, Rhyno cap, food bait, trap shape

Authors

First Name

wael

Last Name

El Shafei

MiddleName

kamal mohamed

Affiliation

Date palm pests and diseases Department, Central Laboratory for Date Palm, Agricultural Research Centre (ARC), Giza, Egypt.

Email

waelkamal27@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0002-9746-7832

First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Batt

MiddleName

Abd El-Ghany

Affiliation

Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Email

d.mohammedbatt@yahoo.com

City

Menoufia

Orcid

0000-0001-9047-3642

Volume

9

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1

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45853

Issue Date

2024-01-01

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2024-01-09

Publish Date

2024-01-30

Page Start

45

Page End

59

Print ISSN

2357-0776

Online ISSN

2735-3494

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9

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1,417

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Menoufia Journal of Plant Protection

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https://mjpam.journals.ekb.eg/

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EVALUATION OF SPECIFIC PHEROMONE TRAP DESIGNS AND COMPONENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN REDUCING THE RED PALM WEEVIL POPULATION IN EGYPTIAN PALM FARMS

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26 Dec 2024