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Comparative Study of Red Palm Weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) Reproduction Reared Using Different Diets

Received: 26 September 2022     Accepted: 14 October 2022     Published: 29 October 2022
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Rhynchophorus ferrugineus or known as red palm weevil (RPW) is a damaging pest of coconut and many other palms. Due to its damaging nature to palms, many efforts have been taken to develop control methods of the pest which originated from laboratory studies. The use of wild-captured RPW from the field for laboratory trials would cause inconsistencies due to many factors. Thus, rearing them under laboratory condition is a must. Rearing techniques used by previous workers are laborious, requires frequent maintenance and sometime produced insufficient samples for testing. Some of the ingredients used also could not be acquired easily. Therefore, a study was conducted to compare RPW reproduction using different alternative diets in order to produce better technique for continuous rearing as preparation before laboratory studies. This study was done by preparing two types of alternative diets, namely Diet A using cassava+chicken feed+young coconut husks as the main ingredients and Diet B using sugarcane, for rearing the weevil. Two pairs of RPW were used on each diet and observations were done daily. Numbers of RPW were recorded for every stage until adult emergence. Development time and adult longevity were also recorded. The experiment was done for two generations and replicated five times. Results of the study revealed that Diet A increased RPW fertility per female (P<0.0001), shortened the developmental time (P<0.05), and requires less maintenance as compared to Diet B. However, RPW longevity was the same in both diets (P>0.05) as it could have been dependent on the freshness of the diets over time. Thus, the results of this study suggested that Diet A is a better option as compared to Diet B for RPW rearing under laboratory condition.

Published in American Journal of Entomology (Volume 6, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.aje.20220604.13
Page(s) 110-115
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Keywords

Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, Mass-Rearing, Diets, Cocos nucifera

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  • Industrial Crops Research Center, MARDI Bagan Datuk, Sungai Sumun, Malaysia

  • Industrial Crops Research Center, MARDI Bagan Datuk, Sungai Sumun, Malaysia

  • Industrial Crops Research Center, MARDI Bagan Datuk, Sungai Sumun, Malaysia

  • Director Office, MARDI Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

  • Industrial Crops Research Center, MARDI Serdang, Serdang, Malaysia

  • Engineering Research Center, MARDI Bachok, Bachok, Malaysia

  • Socio-Economy, Market Intelligence & Agribusiness Research Centre, MARDI Serdang, Serdang, Malaysia

  • Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Research Center, MARDI Serdang, Serdang, Malaysia

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