ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Invasion of Palm Ecosystems by Red Palm Weevil and its Management

Tuesday, November 15, 2011: 1:30 PM-4:30 PM
Room D4, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizer :
Polana S. P. V. Vidyasagar
1:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
1:35 PM
1128
Role of date palm cultivation practices in the management of red palm weevil in Saudi Arabia
Saleh A. Aldosari, King Saud University
1:55 PM
1129
Chemoecological approaches for red palm weevil management in India
Kesavan Subaharan, National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources
2:15 PM
1130
The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus a newly introduced pest in the Caribbean
Moses T.K. Kairo, Florida A&M University; Amy L. Roda, USDA - APHIS; Teophilo Damian; Facundo Franken; Kenneth Heidweiller; Clinton Johanns
2:35 PM
1131
Feasibility of a SIT program to control the red palm weevil in Italy
Massimo Cristofaro, Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), Centro Ricerche Casaccia, Labor; Silvia Arnone, ENEA; Sergio Musmeci, ENEA CR Casaccia UTAGRI ECO; Raffaele Sasso, ENEA CR Casaccia UTAGRI ECO; Alessandra La Marca, BBCA-onlus; Silvia Belvedere, University of Rome; Alessio De Biase, University of Rome
2:55 PM
Intermission
3:10 PM
1132
Studies on different date palm genotypes and their preference to red date palm weevil  oviposition
Hassan Y. Al-Ayied, King Abdulaziz City for Science & Tech. (KACST)
3:30 PM
1133
Responses to the discovery of Rhynchophorus palm weevils in California
Kevin Hoffman, California Department of Food and Agriculture
3:50 PM
1134
Invasion of red palm weevil from South Asia to Middle East, Europe and beyond and its impact on palm cultivation
Polana S. P. V. Vidyasagar, King Saud University
4:10 PM
Concluding Remarks
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