Malabika Roy Pathak

Oct 24, 2024 | scirp.org | Muhammad Umer Farooq |Jennifer White |Laura C. Rosenwald |Malabika Roy Pathak

The invasive insect pest, red palm weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, poses a significant threat to date production, causing substantial economic damage. If uncontrolled, RPW leads the severely infested host tree to collapse and eventually die. The symbiotic associations with microorganisms and RPW in their gut may help their host insects’ establishment, development, nutrition assimilation, and survival.