Population abundance of oil palm pollinating weevil, Elaeidobius kamerunicus faust and its relation to fruit set formation in mineral and peat soil areas in Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Saharul Abillah Mohamad,, Siti Nurulhidayah Ahmad,, Muhammad Nurul Yaqin Syarif,, Mohamad Rosman Sulaiman,, King, Jie Hung, Muhamad Azmi Mohammed,, Mohamed Mazmira Mohd Masri,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18854/1/45863-159563-2-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18854/; https://ejournal.ukm.my/serangga/issue/view/1406/showToc

The oil palm pollinating weevil, Elaeidobius kamerunicus, plays a vital role in the oil palm fruit formation process. An insufficient pollinator population may cause poor fruit set formation, resulting in a high number of parthenocarpic fruitlets and malformed fruit bunches. This study examines t...