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Insect pests affecting oil palms

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Copyright Year	2018
Description	Insect pests affecting oil palms Laurence Beaudoin-Ollivier, Université de Montpellier and CIRAD Montpellier, France 1 Introduction 2 Insect pests of oil palm fronds 3 Coleoptera Curculionidae 4 Orthoptera Pyrgomorphidae 5 Insect pests of the oil palm meristem 6 Insect pests of the oil palm root system 7 Insect pests of oil palm bunches 8 Future trends and conclusion 9 Acknowledgements 10 References The oil palm is a food source for a large number of actual and potential insect pests. The increasing international movement of material is also introducing new insects. Populations of these invasive insects can grow rapidly in new areas where there are no natural enemies and cause sudden and spectacular outbreaks. However, less than 10% of the thousand arthropods that live on palm plantations have been recognised as serious pests for cultivated palm species. Indeed, Lespesme (1947) reported that insects cause very little damage to wild palms. However, as soon as the oil palm is cultivated on a large scale, it becomes more susceptible to pest attack as pest pressure increases. The rapid and exponential increase in cultivated oil palms over the last 50 years (Rival and Levang, 2013; FAOSTAT, 2015), especially in the form of large-scale monocultures, has favoured outbreaks of several species which have been able to colonise new areas and have acquired pest status (e.g. Oryctes rhinoceros in Southeast Asia and Oryctes monoceros in Africa). Pest outbreaks also occur when there is an imbalance in the biocenosis (ecological community), mainly due to poor cultivation practices and intensive spraying with contact insecticides. Book Name: Achieving sustainable cultivation of oil palm Volume 2
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DOI	10.1201/9781351114448-6
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2018-06-08
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Oil Palm Volume 2 Entomology Oil Palm Insect Pests New Areas Africa Outbreaks Pests of Oil
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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