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Control of the coconut pest Oryctes rhinoceros L. using the Oryctes virus
Murali Gopal, Alka Gupta, B. Sathiamma, C. P. Radhakrishnan Nair
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Insect Science and Its Application / Volume 21 / Issue 2 / June 2001

Published online by Cambridge University Press:

19 September 2011, pp. 93-101

Print publication:

June 2001
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The coconut palm is an important plantation crop in India, where it is cultivated on 1.796 million hectares. The rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros L. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is a serious pest of coconut throughout India and southeast Asia, causing an estimated 10% yield loss in the crop. Successful biological control of this pest could be achieved using the non-occluded Oryctes virus (syn. Baculovirus oryctes or Oryctes baculovirus). This review provides an account of this microbial agent, its biology, effects and impact, production and maintenance and alternative hosts, particularly in the context of the Indian situation. It also proposes future areas for investigation on the virus, in order to achieve its commercial viability and more widespread use.