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An Integrated Management Approach for Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus Oliv. a Key Pest of Date Palm in the Middle East

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 1998
The date palm, Phoenix doctylifera L., is the most important fruit crop in the Middle East, cultivated since prehistoric times. Since mid-eighties the dreaded pest of palms viz. the red palm weevil. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Oliv.
V.A. Abraham   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Natural Enemies of Alfalfa Weevil, \u3ci\u3eHypera Postica\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in Minnesota [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica, is present throughout Minnesota. How- ever, economically damaging populations seldom occur, due to a combination of natural enemies and adverse climatic conditions.
Flanders, Kathy L   +2 more
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Weevils, weevils, weevils everywhere*

open access: yesZootaxa, 2007
An overview is presented of the progress made on the taxonomy, classification and phylogeny of weevils in the 250 years since the first taxonomic descriptions of weevils by Carolus Linnaeus. The number of described weevils species is calculated to be about 62 000 and the likely total number of existing species 220 000, indicating that we have described
Oberprieler, Rolf   +2 more
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Efficacy of agrochemicals against Phyllobius oblongus

open access: yesPlant Protection Science, 2020
The contact, residual, and ingestion efficacy of two conventional insecticides was compared with that of another five environmentally friendly agrochemicals in a laboratory for the control of the European snout beetle. Very good efficacy was observed for
Michal Skalský   +3 more
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\u3ci\u3eMicroctonus Pachylobii\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): New Host Record From \u3ci\u3eHylobius Radicis\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and Additional Notes on Its Biology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The endoparasite Microctonus pachylobii was discovered parasitizing a new weevil host, Hylobius radicis. Thirteen of the 154 H. radicis adults collected were parasitized (8.5%).
Hoffman, George D, Raffa, Kenneth F
core   +2 more sources

Exploring an Odor-Baited “Trap Bush” Approach to Aggregate Plum Curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Injury in Blueberries

open access: yesInsects, 2019
This 2-year study (2013–2014) assessed the efficacy of an odor-baited “trap bush„ approach to aggregate plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar, adult injury, i.e., number of oviposition-scared fruit, in four commercial highbush blueberry
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona   +6 more
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Participatory validation and optimization of the Triple S method for sweetpotato planting material conservation in southern Ethiopia

open access: yesOpen Agriculture, 2022
A climate-resilient, root-based sweetpotato planting material (SPM) conservation method called “Triple S” or “Storage in Sand and Sprouting” has created timely access to sweetpotato planting material in areas with a prolonged dry season in Uganda and ...
Hundayehu Mihiretu C.   +5 more
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Use of Baited Pitfall Traps for Monitoring Pales Weevil, \u3ci\u3eHylobius Pales\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Pitfall traps baited with ethanol and turpentine serve as an effective tool for monitoring pales weevil (Hylobius pales) populations. Males and females are equally attracted to this bait. Neither component alone showed any attractiveness. The presence of
Hunt, David W. A, Raffa, Kenneth F
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Review of the Hygrophilous Weevils in Israel (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)

open access: yesDiversity, 2018
Forty-one species in 20 genera of hygrophilous weevils belonging to Brentidae and Curculionidae, associated with inland aquatic habitats, have been recorded recently from Israel, eight of them for the first time.
Ariel-Leib-Leonid Friedman
doaj   +1 more source

First record of Coryssomerus capucinus (Beck, 1817) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Novosibirskaya Oblast, Western Siberia

open access: yesActa Biologica Sibirica, 2023
The first record of Coryssomerus capucinus (Beck, 1817) (Curculionidae: Conoderinae: Conoderitae: Coryssomerini) from Novosibirskaya Oblast is given. The distribution map in Siberia, illustrations and redescription of this species are presented.
Andrei A. Legalov
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