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Research Project: Managing Invasive Weeds and Insect Pests Using Biologically-Based Methods

Location: Insect Behavior and Biocontrol Research

Title: Assessment of trap designs for monitoring red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the field

Author
item SANCHEZ, JOANNA - De La Salle University
item Legaspi, Jesusa
item HASEEB, MUHAMMAD - Florida A & M University
item AMALIN, DIVINA - De La Salle University

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/21/2021
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The red palm weevil (RPW) Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) native to Southeast Asia, is one of the most destructive pests of palm in the world and widely known from Southeast Asia (e.g., South Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines) as important pest of coconut. Pheromone-based trapping program has been used successfully for monitoring in other countries where the orange and black form of R. ferrugineus has invaded, and it is an important management component of IPM programs in Middle Eastern commercial date plantations for this pest. In the Philippines, no successful trapping system is in place. Thus, the study reports on the preliminary result of the assessment of the three different trapping system using aggregation pheromone. The study is conducted in a coconut plantation in Banaybanay Amadeo, Cavite Philippines. Three netted, black colored trap designs were included in the test to determine the most effective trapping system for RPW, such as: 1) inverted flower pot, 2) chicken feeder and 3) bucket. Each trap design also includes 200g pineapple as food bait/food additive, 600ml water, detergent and synthetic pheromone. The results showed that there was no significant difference on RPW trap catches among the three trap designs (p-value 0.66>.05). But, the flower pot design obtained the highest number of captured RPW (n=63). A significant difference (p-value .01<0.05) was recorded in the number of males and females captured (n=106 females, 73%, n=39 males, 27%). Verification of this finding is underway.