Indonesia haze threatens beetles vital to palm oil production

JAKARTA: The smog blanketing parts of South-east Asia is threatening an army of tiny but crucial workers in the region’s palm industry – beetles that pollinate the trees and help keep the world supplied with the most-consumed vegetable oil.

Dense smoke and reduced sunlight due to Indonesia’s forest fires can disrupt the activity of weevils carrying pollen from male to female flowers of oil palms, according to the Indonesian Oil Palm Research Institute. Such disturbances have previously been linked to a decline of as much as 20% in the share of flowers that grow into palm fruit, it said, and could once again shrink oil supplies.

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雅加达：笼罩东南亚部分地区的雾霾正在威胁该地区棕榈产业中一群体型虽小但至关重要的“工人”——为棕榈树授粉并帮助世界获得消费量最大的植物油的甲虫。

据印尼油棕研究所称，印尼森林大火造成的浓烟和日照减少会扰乱象鼻虫的活动，这些象鼻虫负责将花粉从油棕的雄花传播到雌花。该研究所表示，此类干扰此前曾导致棕榈果成熟率下降高达20%，并可能再次造成油棕油供应减少。

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