PEST OF PALMSPEST OF PALMS

WHAT ARE PESTS?WHAT ARE PESTS?

any organisms that judge by humans as any organisms that judge by humans as threats to them or to their intereststhreats to them or to their interests

you should know:you should know:species namespecies nameorder and familyorder and familystage that cause damagestage that cause damagesymptomssymptoms the control methodsthe control methods

Oryctes rhinocerosOryctes rhinoceros

Coleoptera:ScaeabaeidaeColeoptera:Scaeabaeidaecommon name: rhioceerus common name: rhioceerus

beetle/kumbang badak@tanduk@tahibeetle/kumbang badak@tanduk@tahimajor pest of oil palm and coconutmajor pest of oil palm and coconutdamage caused by adults damage caused by adults eggs laid in rotting organic materialseggs laid in rotting organic materialsadults conseal during day time,evening fly adults conseal during day time,evening fly

to palmsto palms

bores into crown of palmsbores into crown of palms feed on sap of soft tissue of developing feed on sap of soft tissue of developing

shoots (pucuk)shoots (pucuk)symptoms: leaves emerge as typical fan-symptoms: leaves emerge as typical fan-

like-shaped (bentuk kipas)like-shaped (bentuk kipas)control: control:

practise good sanitation (kebersihan),so no practise good sanitation (kebersihan),so no breeding sitesbreeding sites

cover cropscover cropsmanually removed the adultsmanually removed the adults3% granular carbofuran3% granular carbofuran

Rhyncophorus schachRhyncophorus schach

kumbang belalai/kumbang gajahkumbang belalai/kumbang gajahCurculionidaeCurculionidaedamage caused by larvaedamage caused by larvae lay eggs in the shoots already damaged lay eggs in the shoots already damaged

by kumbang badakby kumbang badakcontrol:control:

good sanitation, no rhino. beetle, no red-good sanitation, no rhino. beetle, no red-stripe weevilstripe weevil

aldrin and dieldrin on the crown and trunkaldrin and dieldrin on the crown and trunk

Metisa planaMetisa plana

Moth: PsychidaeMoth: Psychidae ulat bungkus/bagwormulat bungkus/bagworm damage: larvaedamage: larvae female winglessfemale wingless young larvae built their young larvae built their

own ‘bag’own ‘bag’ larva tebuk daun atau larva tebuk daun atau

kikis bahagian epidermiskikis bahagian epidermis

control:control:spray with spray with

trichlorphontrichlorphon trunk injectiontrunk injection

Darna trimaDarna trima

Moth: LimacodidaeMoth: Limacodidae nettle catterpillarnettle catterpillar damage: larvaedamage: larvae daun habis dimakan tinggal lididaun habis dimakan tinggal lidi control:control: guna virusguna virus parasitoid: parasitoid: ApantelesApanteles sp. sp. spray cypermethrinspray cypermethrin