Dear all!
The chances for the presence of RPW are very high there I got a
request around 2 years ago from
an importer of palms. They importet palms from Egypt because they
are cheaper...(so far their arguments).
If I remember right then the number of importet palms was 30. Some
of them showed the presence of the
blind passenger short after arriving/planting. I advised to remove
this palms at once including a proper waste
management and take the other into quarantine for observation.
Also they should inform the officials/government about this
potential risks.
I never heared again something from this guy.
Now I resume that they don´t followed the advise and now they have
quite fine problem.

Best regards,
Benedikt von Laar




--- In RPWgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Hugh Harries" <harrieshc@...>
wrote:
>
> Dear Vidyasagar
>
> The picture posted in the Willemstad report appears to be that of
RPW
> - but the photo was not from Curacao!
>
> A Google image search for Rhynchophorus ferrigineus attributes the
> same picture to www.palms.org where it is number one of ten
pictures
> in an article in the International Palm Scoiety journal
> <http://www.palms.org/palmsjournal/2002/ferry_1.jpg>
>
> With all due respect to Gerard van Buurt, Head of the Fisheries
> Sector, Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries,
> Curaçao, <gvbuurt@...> we need to know made the
> identification of the Curacao Rhynchophorus as ferriguneus [note
> mispelling] before going any further.
>
> Hugh
>
> --- In RPWgroup@yahoogroups.com, "vidyasagar49" <vidyasagar49@>
wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dear Dr. Hugh Harries,
> > The vector of red ring disease caused by nematode,
Bursaphelenchus
> > cocophilus, is Palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum. This species
is
> > known to occur in this region for a long time. However, the
report from
> > Willemstad, Curacao is about Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus
ferriguneus.
> > The RPW is not implicated in transimission of nematode
diseases. The
> > picture posted in the Willemstad report appears to be that of
RPW.
> > Hence, it should be considered as the appearance of a new
species in
> > that region.
> >
> > Vidyasagar, PSPV
> >
> >
> > --- In RPWgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Hugh Harries" <harrieshc@>
wrote:
> > >
> > > Khalid
> > >
> > > The article is reporting palm weevil in Curacao but it has
been in the
> > > Caribbean since the 1960s - in Trinidad, where it is
implicated in the
> > > spread of the nematode that causes red ring of coconut.
> > >
> > > Hugh
> > > Coconut Time Line http://cocos.arecaceae.com/
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In RPWgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Khalid" alhudaib2002@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dear Members:
> > > >
> > > > RPW in Caribbeanş, for more information please go to
> > > >
> > > > http://www.redpalmweevil.com/newlook/RPWReport/Caribbean.htm
> > > >
> > > > Regard
> > > >
> > > > Dr. Khalid Alhudaib
> > > >
> > >
> >
>