Brief on
PIE
Section Symposium: The Global Threat of
Red Palm Weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus
ferrugineus, (Olivier) To Major Palm
Species
Tuesday
18th 2008
By
Aziz Ajlan and Khalid Alhudaib
The
Entomological Society of America (ESA)
considers the Red Palm Weevil (RPW) is a
global dilemma. The ESA started
contacting the site of RPW in mid of
January 2008 to organize an
International Internet Symposium for RPW
during the 2008 ESA 56th Annual Meeting
(Metamorphosis) in Reno, Nevada, USA
from November 16-19. We email
a letter of
invitation to all interested people and
place this invitation letter on the site
of RPW.
The symposium took place on Tuesday Nov.
18 at 9:00 pm Pacific time of the USA.
Fourteen abstracts have been accepted
and submitted for the symposium and 9
out of 14 scientists presented their
oral presentations.
This was a unique opportunity for
scientists from different countries to
discuss the problem of RPW in their
countries and to implement a good IPM
program.
The site started 10 years ago (1998)
with one of its goals to have the
people, who interested, to chat about
this deadly insect through the internet
conference.
From that time, the site started working
to achieve the goal that happened this
year with the 2008 ESA 56th Annual
Meeting (Metamorphosis). However, the
site eager to have more such
opportunities over and over.
Finally, the site would like to thank
all participants in the symposium and
ESA Staff practically the President of
ESA Michael Gray, Executive Director
Robin Kriegel, Program Committee Grayson
Brown, Douglas Johnson and Ricardo
Bessin.
Comments of Participants on the ESA &
RPW Symposium:
Dr. A. Sujatha from India
"Congratulations for the successful
organization of ESA online seminar.
Thank you very much for the opportunity
given to me to participate in ESA online
seminar on RPW …"
Dr. J. R. Faleiro from India
"Congratulations on successfully
organizing the ESA- RPW symposium. It
was a wonderful experience …"
Dr. Khalid Alhudaib from Saudi Arabia
"Since 1999 we told interested people
that one day will have internet
conference on RPW. This year 2008 we had
it …"
Dr. Aziz Ajlan from Saudi Arabia
"Celebrate the 10 yeas old of the site
of RPW with the 2008 ESA 56th Annual
Meeting (Metamorphosis) in Reno, Nevada,
USA from November 16-19, was great
experience for me … "
More soon..
Opening Statement
We would like to thank the ESA for
giving the site of RPW and us this
opportunity to participate in a
historically significant entomological
event “the 2008 ESA 56th
Annual Meeting Reno, Nevada, USA”. By
organizing the ESA-RPW International
Symposium to see the global
entomological community able to meet
closely and it would be the first real
implementation under the title “The
Global Threat of Red Palm Weevil (RPW),
Rhychophorus ferrugineus,
(Olivier) To Major Palm Species” through
the modernizing technology (WebEx) that
ESA uses at its meeting for some time.
On the behalf of ESA-RPW International
Symposium, we would like to welcome you.
As most of you know that RPW is become
the most destructive and deadly insect
to most kind of palm trees in many
countries in the Far East, Middle East
and Europe.
RPW entered to the Middle East in mid of
1980’s and to Europe in early 1990’s.
From that time to up-to-date, infested
countries are suffering a serious
problem with this pest and annually
loose thousand and thousand of Palm
Trees.
List of Participants and their
Titles:
J. R. Faleiro,
jrfaleiro@yahoo.co.in
“Management of red palm weevil,
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier),
in palm agro-ecosystems: An overview"
Hassan Y. AlAyied,
alayedh@kacst.edu.sa and Hathal Al
Dhafer.
“The population dynamics of red date
palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
Oliv. and other insects in date palm
orchards at Kharje area of Saudi Arabia”
Cam Oehlschlager,
cam@pheroshop.com
“The role of synergists in trapping of
tropical Curculionidae”
Victoria Soroker,
sorokerv@volcani.agri.gov.il, J.
Pinhas, S. Levsky, S. Reneh, Y. Nakache,
A. Mizrach, A. Hetzroni.
“Red palm weevil detection and
management”
Khalid Alhudaib,
alhudaib@hotmail.com , Aziz Ajlan,
Abdallah Ben Abdallah, , J. R. Faleiro.
“Date palm farming practices in relation
to red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus
ferrugineus (Olivier), infestation
in the Gulf region of Middle East”
Aziz Ajlan,
aajlan@hotmail.com
“The cultural impact of the red palm
weevil and its management in Saudi
Arabia”
Ju Rui-Ting,
jurt5907@sohu.com and Aziz Ajlan
“Prediction of suitable distributions of
red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus
ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae), in China with analysis
of bio-climatic matching”
A. Sujatha,
avvaru_001@rediffmail.com
“Status of red palm weevil damage in
East Godavari District and studies on
its control strategies with ecofriendly
methods”
Reda. Hendi,
redahendi@yahoo.com
“The pathogenisity of stored
polyhedrosis virus of the red palm
weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier)
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae)”
Closing Statement
We would like to thank all of you for
your attention and again we would like
to thank the ESA for this unique
opportunity.
As a final word, worldwide cooperation
is urgently needed to control this
insect.
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