Trapping, identification and rearing of edible palm weevils in Kenya and Uganda

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2021

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Wageningen Academic Publishers

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Results of this study can be used to guide an integrated Rhynchophorus phoenicis management system with a dual benefit of protecting plants from a weevil attack, and utilizing the weevils to improve human nutrition. Palm weevil trapping, without insecticides, could double as a pest management technique as well as a source of edible palm weevil. Palm weevils, Rhynchophorus (Coleoptera) are devastating invasive pests of palms, and as well, delicacies in many communities. This study evaluated ethylacetate and 3-methyly-octan-4-ol for trapping palm weevils from coconut, oil and raffia palms in Kenya and Uganda; taking into account the distance of traps on oil palm from a forest of raffia palm.

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INSECTS, WEEVILS, PALMS, RHYCHOPHORUS, FOOD SECURITY, LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS, PEST CONTROL, ENTYMOLOGY, HUMAN NUTRITION, DIET, KENYA, UGANDA, SOUTH OF SAHARA

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/60813

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2020-2029 / Années 2020-2029
Research Results (CLARE) / Résultats de recherches (CLARE)
Research Results (CRFS) / Résultats de recherches (SARC)