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W. A. FAROOQ, K. G. RASOOL, Walid TAWFIK, A. S. ALDAWOOD. Application of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in Early Detection of Red Palm Weevil: (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) Infestation in Date Palm[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2015, 17(11): 948-952. DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/17/11/11
Citation: W. A. FAROOQ, K. G. RASOOL, Walid TAWFIK, A. S. ALDAWOOD. Application of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in Early Detection of Red Palm Weevil: (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) Infestation in Date Palm[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2015, 17(11): 948-952. DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/17/11/11

Application of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in Early Detection of Red Palm Weevil: (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) Infestation in Date Palm

  • The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the leading date producing countries. Un?fortunately, this important fruit crop is under great threat from the red palm weevil (RPW) (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus), which is a highly invasive pest. Several techniques, including vi?sual inspection, acoustic sensors, sniffer dogs, and pheromone traps have been tried to detect the early stages of a RPW infestation; however, each method has suffered certain logistical and im-plementation issues. We have applied laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for the early detection of RPW infestation. Through the analysis of the observed LIBS spectra of different infested and healthy samples, we have found presence of Ca, Mg, Na, C, K elements and OH, CN molecules. The spectra also reveal that with the population growth of the pest, the intensity of Mg and Ca atomic lines in LIBS spectra increases rapidly. Similar behavior is observed in the molecular lines of LIBS spectra. The obtained results indicate that the LIBS technique can be used for the early detection of RPW infestation without damaging the date palms.
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