Assessing the impact of areawide pheromone trapping,pesticide applications,and eradication of infested date palms for Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) management in Al Ghowaybah,Saudi Arabia |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA;2. Center for Invasive Species Research, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA;3. Directorate of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Al Ahsaa, Saudi Arabia;4. Date Palm Research Center of Excellence, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 400, Al Ahsaa 31982, Saudi Arabia;5. FAO Project (UTF/SAU/043/SAU), Date Palm Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Al Ahsaa 31982, Saudi Arabia;1. School of Atmospheric Stress Management, ICAR– National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Malegaon, Baramati, Pune 413 115, Maharashtra, India;2. Biological Control Laboratory, Division of Entomology, ICAR– Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India;1. Department of Agricultural Management and Development, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran;2. Department of Agricultural Development, Democritus University of Thrace, GR-682 00 Orestiada, Greece;1. Biofuel Research Team (BRTeam), Karaj, Iran;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran;3. Department of Process Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa;4. Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia;5. Microbial Biotechnology Department, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran;1. Department of Mechanical Biosystems Engineering, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, P. O. Box 386, Gorgan, Iran;2. Department of Mechanical Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box 14115-336, Tehran, Iran;3. Department of Mechanical Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, University of Tehran, 31587-77871, Karaj, Iran;1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran;2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Laval University, Quebec, Canada;3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71345, Iran;1. College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China;2. Key Laboratory of Spectroscopy Sensing, Ministry of Agriculture, Hangzhou 310058, PR China |
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| Abstract: | The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a highly destructive pest of date palms, Phoenix dactylifera L. (Arecales: Arecaceae), in Saudi Arabia. Data spanning a six year period (2007–2012) from Al Ghowaybah, a 1104 ha date producing region in the Al Ahsaa Directorate in Saudi Arabia, were analyzed to assess the impact enhanced management efforts that commenced in Oct. 2009 had against this pest. Within six months of initiating the areawide management program significant reductions in the mean monthly number of weevils trapped and percentage traps with R. ferrugineus were detected. Mean monthly trap captures of R. ferrugineus and the percentage of traps capturing weevils declined significantly from 2009 to 2012 by an average of 65% and 90%, respectively, indicating that trapping and dispersal pressure was significantly reduced. By 2011, average monthly trap captures and percentage of traps with R. ferrugineus were significantly lower than all pre-management capture data and this was maintained through 2012 when data collection ceased. Additionally, over the period 2010–2012, insecticide application and palm eradication rates dropped by 91% and 89%, respectively. The total number of R. ferrugineus captured in 2012 declined by 86% when compared to total captures for 2010. At the end of 2012, the estimated infestation rate of date palms in Al Ghowaybah was 0.36%, which was below the economic threshold of a 1% infestation rate set by the Directorate of Agriculture supervising the program. It is concluded that the mandatory areawide management program that commenced in Oct. 2009 against R. ferrugineus in Al Ghowaybah had a significant and rapid impact against this pest. |
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| Keywords: | Areawide management IPM Pheromone trapping Red palm weevil |
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