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Endosymbiosis morphological reorganization during metamorphosis diverges in weevils

Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2020
Virtually all animals associate with beneficial symbiotic bacteria. Whether and how these associations are modulated across a host’s lifecycle is an important question in disentangling animal-bacteria interactions. We recently reported a case of complete
Justin Maire, Bessem Chouaia, Anna Zaidman-Rémy, Abdelaziz Heddi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Occurrence of Centrouropoda almerodai and Uroobovella marginata (Acari : Uropodina) phoretic on the Red Palm Weevil in Malta [PDF]

, 2009
The unwanted introduction of the Red Palm Weevil (RPW) coincides with the spread in Malta of two species of Uropodid mites associated with this weevil. Usually, adult RPW carry phoretic forms of C. almerodai which are attached to the underside of elytrae,
D’onghia, Anna Maria, Mifsud, David, Mizzi, Steve, Porcelli, Francesco, Ragusa, Ernesto   +4 more
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Smart Palm: An IoT Framework for Red Palm Weevil Early Detection

, 2019
Smart agriculture is an evolving trend in agriculture industry, where sensors are embedded into plants to collect vital data and help in decision making to ensure higher quality of crops and prevent pests, disease, and other possible threats. In Saudi Arabia, growing palms is the most important agricultural activity, and there is an increasing need to ...
Koubaa, Anis, Aldawood, Abdulrahman, Saeed, Bassel, Hadid, Abdullatif, Ahmed, Mohanned, Saad, Abdulrahman, Alkhouja, Hesham, Alkanhal, Mohamed   +7 more
openaire   +2 more sources

A new insect boring in fossil wood from the Iranian Upper Cretaceous

Palaeontology, Volume 68, Issue 5, September/October 2025.
Abstract Here we describe Iranichnus farsensis igen. et isp. nov., a bioerosion trace in fossil wood characterized by a system of sinuous channels in the wood under the bark, also bearing small borings radially oriented within the channels. We attributed this to insects, most probably a beetle from one of the groups known to feed on wood just under the
Mehdi Ghaedi, Ebrahim Mohammadi, Bernardo de C. P. e M. Peixoto, Saeed Abdolahi, Renato Pirani Ghilardi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the economic impact of integrated pest management (IPM) on smallholder date palms farmers

Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences
This study evaluates the economic impact on date palm farmers in Al-Ahsa Governorate who use Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to control the red palm weevil.
Abdullah I. Aldakhil, Yosef Alamri, Mahdi Alsultan, Abdulaziz Alduwais, Kamaleldin Bashir, Jawad Alhashim   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disturbance of phosphatase and transaminase activities in grubs of the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by certain insecticidal compounds

Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology, 2019
Background Serious damage of red palm weevil to date palm encourages its control by various measures. The present work was carried out to investigate the effects of some insecticides of different categories (Pyriproxyfen, Neemazal, and Spinetoram) on the
Khalid Sh. Hamadah
doaj   +1 more source

Coconut Tree Stress Detection as an Indicator of Red Palm Weevil (RPW) Attack Using Sentinel Data

International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability, 2020
The red palm weevil (RPW) is one of the worst destructive pests of palms in the world. This study focuses for the first time on the coconut tree stress detection and discrimination among different stages of red palm ...
Faradina Marzukhi, Md Azlin Md Said, Amirul Audi Ahmad   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Novel Animal Model of Enterobacteria Pathogenicity, Virulence, and Amoxicillin—Biosurfactant Synergic Using Nsombé (Rhynchophorus phoenicis Larvae)

MicrobiologyOpen, Volume 14, Issue 4, August 2025.
This study highlights the potential of Rhynchophorus phoenicis larvae as an alternative infection model for evaluating host–pathogen interactions and the synergistic effects of combined antimicrobial therapies using antibiotics and biosurfactants. ABSTRACT Insect larvae are increasingly being employed as sophisticated infection models in the expanding ...
Sergy Patrick Junior Bissoko, Christian Aimé Kayath, Saturnin Nicaise Mokemiabeka, Frédéric Yannick Okouakoua, David Charles Roland Moukala, Duchel Jeanedvi Kinouani Kinavouidi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

BIOTYPICAL VARIABILITY AMONG FOUR POPULATIONS OF RED PALM WEEVIL RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGIAEUS FAB/OLIV. FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF INDIA

CORD, 1998
The red palm weevil rhpichophorus ferrugineus FAB/OLIV is a very serious and dreaded pest of coconut, date and other palms. Being an internal feeder the weevil incidence is detected at a very late stage when the tree has succumbed to weevil attack. Hence
C.P. Ramachandran
doaj   +1 more source

Insect Lipids as Novel Source for Future Applications: Chemical Composition and Industry Applications—A Comprehensive Review

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 7, July 2025.
Fat body (FB) acts as a major metabolic center important for the regulation of a variety of physiological processes such as embryogenesis, reproduction, flight, overwintering, protection, and communication. Lipid amounts and fatty acid (FA) composition vary with species, stage of life, and their diet.
Shahida Anusha Siddiqui, Asma Zeiri, Mohd Asif Shah   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source