Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus Pesticides

WELURE
Pheromone Lure for Red Palm Weevil

A chemical element (pheromone) synthesized and released into the environmental by an insect, that affects the behavior or development of other members of the same species. Rajshree Biosolutions (RBS) pheromones are aggregation pheromone and it has been established with help of the technology developed jointly by Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advance Scientific Research (JNCASR).

It is an economically important tissue boring pest of coconut and palm trees in many part of world. They preferably attack to palms that are already affected or weaken by other stresses and also colonize on healthy palms. Larvae bore into the trunk of a palm and feeding by the larvae and adults inside the palm causes toppling of the palm.

• 4 – methyl – 5 – nonanol + 4 – methyl – 5 – nananone (9:1)