ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Can Entomologists Stop The Threat of Invasive Palm Weevils, (Rhynchophorus) spp.?

Tuesday, November 15, 2011: 8:00 AM-11:40 AM
Room A1, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Aziz M. Ajlan
Khalid Alhudaib
8:00 AM
Tree Vital Endopalm
Nabawy Metwaly, Green World Consulting Treevital Endopalm
8:15 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:20 AM
Pharmacological action of integument extracts of the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, on albino mice
Mona M. Al-Dosary, Al Kharj University; Kamal H. El- Tahir, King Saud University
8:35 AM
Global spread of red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier: historical perspectives and control measures
Abdulrahman Saad Aldawood, King Saud University; Khawaja Ghulam Rasool, King Saud University; Qaiser Iftikhar Sheikh, University of Sheffield; Muhammad Mukhtar, Islamia University of Bahawalpur
9:05 AM
Rectification of current erroneous biological and technical conceptions to succeed the control of the red palm weevil in urban environment
Michel Ferry, Phoenix Research Station; Eric P. Benson, Clemson University; Eric P. Benson, Clemson University; Eric P. Benson, Clemson University; Susi Gómez, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
9:20 AM
Endotherapy in palms: study of the efficacy and persistence of thiametoxam in preventive treatments against the red palm weevil
Susi Gómez, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA); Alejandro Estévez, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA); Michel Ferry, Phoenix Research Station
9:50 AM
Evaluation methods for red palm weevil control in Egypt during 1992-2010
Mohamed Kamal Abbas, Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC
10:05 AM
Break
10:20 AM
Increasing the longevity of palm weevil traps
Cam Oehlschlager, ChemTica Internacional
10:35 AM
A Quarantine protocol against the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus  ferrugineus (Olivier) in date palm
Abdul Moneim Al-Shawaf, Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture; Eric P. Benson, Clemson University; Eric P. Benson, Clemson University; Abdullah Al-Shagag, National Date Palm Research Centre; Monsour Al-Bagshi, National Date Palm Research Centre; Sami Al-Saroj, National Date Palm Research Centre; Salim Al-Badr, National Date Palm Research Centre; Abdel Moneim Al-Dandan, Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture; Abdallah Ben Abdallah, Food and Agriculture Organization Project
10:50 AM
Phylogenetic relationship between Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) population from India and Saudi Arabia
Khalid Alhudaib, King Faisal University; Aziz M. Ajlan, King Faisal University; JR. Faleiro
11:05 AM
www.redpalmweevil.com
Aziz Ajlan, King Faisal University; Khalid Alhudaib, King Faisal University; JR. Faleiro
11:35 AM
Toxicity evaluation of certain insecticides against the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus  ferrugineus (Olivier), under laboratory conditions
M. M. Abo-El-Saad, King Faisal University; HA. Elshafie, King Faisal University; JR. Faleiro; IA. Bou-Khowh, King Faisal University
11:50 AM
Concluding Remarks
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