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Diverse viral communities inhabit the guts of date palm rhinoceros beetles (Oryctes spp.)

An Aloha Organic research reading guide · Broader biocontrol.

2025 · Broader biocontrol

Diverse viral communities inhabit the guts of date palm rhinoceros beetles (Oryctes spp.)

Saeid Tabein, Davood Nazarpour, Akram Hegazy, Arash Rasekh, Michael J. Furlong, Kayvan Etebari

Wider context · Other organisms, crops or coconut knowledge

What the paper covers

Investigates viruses associated with the guts of date-palm rhinoceros beetles.

Read it in context

Oryctes species on date palms; do not assume all findings apply to O. rhinoceros or a field-ready biocontrol.

The original publication

Open license permits attributed reuse.

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Sources & reading notes

Reviewed October 22, 2026. Aloha Organic summaries draw on the sources below.