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Welcome to RPWRC

The Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Oliv. causes severe damage to date palm, Phoenix dactylifera and other economically important palms throughout the world.   All efforts to combat this pest with various methods of control have not yielded the desired results.  Hence, the Red Palm Weevil Research Chair (RPWRC) was established to conduct research to develop and transfer effective & ecologically sustainable methods of control of the weevil pest in the Kingdom and later in other countries.

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Latest News
Date    2010-03-05
Participation of the Chair in the Fourth International Date Palm Conference, AbuDhabi, UAE
Date    2010-01-27
Two-Week National Training Program on RPW Completed Successfully
Date    2010-01-16
Red Palm Weevil Research Chair Inaugurated
Date    2010-01-10
Team from Date Palm Research Center (Center of Research Excellence), King Faisal University visits RPW Research Chair on December 28, 2009
Date    2009-12-23
Participation of Red Palm Weevil Research Chair, KSU in Red Palm Weevil Workshop in the Eastern Province
Date    November 9, 2009
Approval of the research plan of the Ph D student in the chair
Date    28/11/1430åÜ
Seminar on Red Palm Weevil in Al-Kharj
Date    October 26-30, 2009
10th Arab Congress of Plant Protection
Date    August 2-7, 2009
94th ESA Annual Meeting

Workshop and National Training Program (RPWRC, KSU)

About the Chair

The Chair of Red Palm Weevil Research was established in the year 2009 to conduct research especially in the highly specialized areas of the dreaded pest of date palms.  We are a small team of researchers working on various aspects of basic and applied research looking for innovative and practical methods for controlling the pest in Saudi Arabia.  After the initial report on the occurrence of Red Palm Weevil in 1987 in the Eastern Province Read More>>>
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Knowledge Exchange and Transfer of Technology
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