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1 April 2015 New Approach of Beauveria bassiana to Control the Red Palm Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Trapping Technique
M. J. Hajjar, A. M. Ajlan, M. H. Al-Ahmad
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Abstract

This work is the first study to investigate the efficacy of the commercial formulation of Beauveria bassiana (Broadband) to control adults of red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier)). This fungus could be applied as one of the biological tactics in controlling red palm weevil. Bioassay experiments for medium lethal concentrate and medium time to cause death of 50% of red palm weevil adults were carried out. The result showed that the LC50 of B. bassiana (Broadband) was 2.19 × 107 and 2.76 × 106 spores/ml at 9 and 23 d of treatment, respectively. The LT50 was 13.95 and 4.15 d for concentration of 1 × 107 and 1 × 108 spores/ml, respectively, whereas 1 × 109 spores/ml caused 100% mortality after 24 h. Additionally, a red palm weevil pheromone trap was designed to attract the adults to be contaminated with spores of Broadband, which was applied to the sackcloth fabric that coated the internal surfaces of the bucket trap. The mating behavior was studied to determine direct and indirect infection of the spores from male to female and vice versa. The results showed a high efficacy of Broadband suspension at 1 × 109 spores/ml; 40 ml of suspension at this concentration treated to cloth in a trap caused death of contaminated adults with B. bassiana spores directly and indirectly. The 100% mortality was obtained even after 13 d of traps treatment with 40 ml of the suspension at 1 × 109 spores/ml.

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M. J. Hajjar, A. M. Ajlan, and M. H. Al-Ahmad "New Approach of Beauveria bassiana to Control the Red Palm Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Trapping Technique," Journal of Economic Entomology 108(2), 425-432, (1 April 2015). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tou055
Received: 1 May 2014; Accepted: 24 November 2014; Published: 1 April 2015
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KEYWORDS
Beauveria bassiana
biological control
LC50
LT50
red palm weevil
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