Tests of Attractants for the Palm Weevil
- 1 October 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 58 (5) , 1002-1003
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/58.5.1002
Abstract
Field surveys for estimating the seasonal abundance of the palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum (L.), have been conducted in the past by field trapping with sections of the stem of 3 to 4-year-old coconut palms, Cocos nucifera L., as the attractant source. This method was laborious, and as a chemical might be used in the control of R. palmarum, several organic compounds were tested as attractants for this insect.Keywords
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