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Red Palm Weevil: Guidelines on management practices

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Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 100 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category Guideline

ISBN 978-92-5-132189-8

Edition 1

To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/ca7703en

Synopsis (short abstract) Since gaining a foothold on date palm in the Near East during the mid-1980s, the red palm weevil (RPW) Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier has spread rapidly over the last three decades and is now a major pest of palms in a diverse range of agroecosystems worldwide. In most of the countries affected, failure to manage RPW can be attributed to a lack of awareness about this pest and to lack of systematic and coordinated control actions or management strategies that involve all stakeholders. These guidelines have been developed by FAO to support all those involved in the day-to-day management of RPW in the field (including farmers and pest-management professionals), researchers, and the decision-makers and administrative stakeholders who support the implementation of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for RPW. Written by internationally recognized RPW experts, the guidelines describe the biology and host range of RPW and address all aspects of RPW-IPM, including surveillance, phytosanitary measures, early detection, pheromone trapping protocols, preventive and curative chemical treatments, removal and safe disposal of severely infested palms, and best agricultural practices to mitigate attacks by this lethal pest of palms.

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​FAO. 2020. Red Palm Weevil: Guidelines on management practices. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/ca7703en

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