Effect of oil palm planting materials, rainfall, number of male inflorescence and spikelet on the population abundance of oil palm pollinator, Elaeidobius Kamerunicus faust (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

• Main Authors: Nurul Fatihah Abd Latip,, Mohd Rizuan Zainal Abidin,, Idris Abd Ghani,, Muhamad Fahmi M. H.,, Luqman H. A.,, H Al – Talafha,, Noor Nasuha A.A.,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13414/1/23737-78501-1-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13414/; http://ejournals.ukm.my/serangga/issue/view/1099/showToc

Elaeidobius kamerunicus is the main insect pollinator of oil palm and was first introduced to Malaysia in the year of 1980s. This introduction had increased the oil palm yield production. However, the yield production has obviously declined lately. There are several factors that contributing to the...