AN EVALUATION OF INVASIVE PEST, RED PALM WEEVIL RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS (OLIVIER, 1790) (COLEOPTERA, CURCULIONIDAE) POPULATION IN IRAQ

The Red Palm Weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790) is a devastating invasive pest of palm trees, invading the Iraqi date palm tree in 2015 for the first time in Safwan county, Basrah province. The Red Palm weevil has been categorized as a quarantine pest of date palm trees worldwid...

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Main Authors: Mohammed M. Alderawii, Aqeel A. Alyousuf, Samir A. Hasan, Jasim K. Mohammed, Hussein A. Jappar, Sulochana Paudyal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Baghdad 2020-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum
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Online Access:https://jnhm.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/BINHM/article/view/472