Breeding sites of major coconut beetle pest Scapanes australis Boisd. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea, Dynastinae) in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
An intensive field survey for breeding sites of Scapanes australis was conducted on the Gazelle Peninsula, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG) in 2000–2002 on both large-scale commercial plantations and smallholder coconut plots. Gliricidia sepium is prominently used as a temporary shade tree for cocoa where cocoa and coconut are intercropped, a farming system widely adopted by farmers in PNG. Population monitoring using olfactory trapping systems indicated that there are still large reservoirs of unexploited breeding sites including Gliricidia stumps sustaining considerable populations of Scapanes australis grossepunctatus.
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| Language: | English |
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Australia: ACIAR,
2006
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| Subjects: | COCOS NUCIFERA, THEOBROMA CACAO, GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM, COLEOPTERA, SCARABAEIDAE, INSECTOS DAÑINOS, PLAGAS DE PLANTAS, AGROFORESTERIA, CULTIVO INTERCALADO, INFESTACION, PLAGAS, VIGILANCIA, PAPUA NUEVA GUINEA, |
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