New insecticide developed to protect trees from Red Palm Weevil

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New insecticide developed to protect trees from Red Palm Weevil: "The Estación Phoenix palm tree labs in Elche have developed an insecticide which is able to protect the trees from the plague of ‘picudo rojo’, the attack by the Red Palm Weevil which forced 1,600 palm trees to be destroyed in Elche last year.

It’s a product which reaches the leaves after being applied to the base of the trunk of a healthy tree and will protect it from infestation for six months. It’s the longest protection period which has ever been achieved.

La Verdad newspaper reports that the team has been testing the product for the past eight months on palms of more than 4 metres high, and the mortality rate of the Palm Weevil larvae has been 100%.

If a female lands on a leaf to lay her eggs, she will die.
It’s seen as an important step forward in preventing the spread of the plague and is understood to cause no harm to the tree."

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