Ecopalm Ring

The branches left on the tree after the fronds have been pruned have a high moisture rate, which encourages spreading of mould and bacteria, and emanate olfactory molecules with the typical smell that attracts the snout-beetle. The trees are hence particularly exposed to attack and settlement of the beetle.

In natural conditions, it takes a few months for the palm tree to heal from pruning and for the moisture that causes mould and bacteria to dry out.

The ECOPALM microwave treatment is essential to eliminate this post-pruning problem as it takes just a few minutes to sterilize the trunk surface from mould, bacteria and rot and it encourages healing of the cuts.

This preventive treatment has a long-lasting effect, since it causes the bark to rapidly dry out making it difficult to penetrate and hence forming a barrier against attack and settlement of the beetle.

This method is particularly effective when applied the moment you notice that the palm tree has been attacked by the snout-beetle and the parasite has colonised the tree in whatever stage of its development (larva, pupa in the cocoon of the adult), it being difficult to completely eradicate the beetle at this stage using phytosanitary methods.

In particular when the pupa is in its cocoon (highly protective) to prepare for metamorphosis or in the long term when the larvae settle in the tree they are difficult to reach with common parasiticidal treatments and no treatment known today is totally effective.

The ECOPALM treatment aims at eradicating the snout-beetle while infestation is taking place thus safeguarding the palm tree. The microwaves penetrate the various layers of wood and where they come across the eggs, they irradiate and completely destroy the cocoons with the pupae and all the parasites guaranteeing total disinfestation of any form of pest.