Oryctes rhinoceros beetles, an oil palm pest in Malaysia

Oryctes rhinoceros, commonly known as the rhinoceros beetle is an important agricultural pest that is known to inflict serious damage on young oil palm trees. Many researches have been conducted on its development, life cycle, habitat, management and genomic variation ever since the need to understa...

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Main Authors: Gnanasegaram, Manjeri, Muhamad, Rita, Tan, Soon Guan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciencedomain International 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34792/
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Muhamad, Rita
Tan, Soon Guan
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description Oryctes rhinoceros, commonly known as the rhinoceros beetle is an important agricultural pest that is known to inflict serious damage on young oil palm trees. Many researches have been conducted on its development, life cycle, habitat, management and genomic variation ever since the need to understand this pest arose. Oryctes rhinoceros is among the longest present agricultural pest in Malaysia and it has witnessed the formulation and implementation of various phases of control and management strategies. To date, research and development activities are still ongoing in Malaysia for the successful management of this pest. In this review, we look into details on the characteristics of this pest, the modes of its introduction into Malaysia, as well as the events that helped to establish and contribute to the proliferation of this pest as a major oil palm threat in Malaysia. The progressive development of various research and development activities concerning the management and control of this pest are also highlighted.
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spelling upm-347922017-10-26T09:13:56Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34792/ Oryctes rhinoceros beetles, an oil palm pest in Malaysia Gnanasegaram, Manjeri Muhamad, Rita Tan, Soon Guan Oryctes rhinoceros, commonly known as the rhinoceros beetle is an important agricultural pest that is known to inflict serious damage on young oil palm trees. Many researches have been conducted on its development, life cycle, habitat, management and genomic variation ever since the need to understand this pest arose. Oryctes rhinoceros is among the longest present agricultural pest in Malaysia and it has witnessed the formulation and implementation of various phases of control and management strategies. To date, research and development activities are still ongoing in Malaysia for the successful management of this pest. In this review, we look into details on the characteristics of this pest, the modes of its introduction into Malaysia, as well as the events that helped to establish and contribute to the proliferation of this pest as a major oil palm threat in Malaysia. The progressive development of various research and development activities concerning the management and control of this pest are also highlighted. Sciencedomain International 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34792/1/Manjeri4222014ARRB11023_1.pdf Gnanasegaram, Manjeri and Muhamad, Rita and Tan, Soon Guan (2014) Oryctes rhinoceros beetles, an oil palm pest in Malaysia. Annual Research & Review in Biology, 4 (22). pp. 3429-3439. ISSN 2347-565X http://www.sciencedomains.org/abstract/4942 10.9734/ARRB/2014/11023
spellingShingle Gnanasegaram, Manjeri
Muhamad, Rita
Tan, Soon Guan
Oryctes rhinoceros beetles, an oil palm pest in Malaysia
title Oryctes rhinoceros beetles, an oil palm pest in Malaysia
title_full Oryctes rhinoceros beetles, an oil palm pest in Malaysia
title_fullStr Oryctes rhinoceros beetles, an oil palm pest in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Oryctes rhinoceros beetles, an oil palm pest in Malaysia
title_short Oryctes rhinoceros beetles, an oil palm pest in Malaysia
title_sort oryctes rhinoceros beetles, an oil palm pest in malaysia
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