Fire Ants – A cause for Button Drop
Fire ants form mound around the plants and may damage the roots. A colony of fire ant may extend one meter and half below ground…
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Coreid Bug
Fig. Adult Coconut Bug Symptoms This bug attacks tender buttons. Attacked buttons do not develop resulting in immature nut fall. Nuts, if developed may become…
Black Headed Caterpillar
Fig. (a) Larvae inside leaf (b) Pupa inside frass galleries Symptoms The severity of the attack is seen from January to May. The caterpillar feeds…
Leaf Blight or Grey Leaf Spot
Management of Leaf Blight or Grey Leaf Spot Symptoms Minute yellow spots encircled by grayish bands appear on the surface of mature leaves of the…
Coconut Leaf Hispid or Miner
Management of Coconut leaf hispid or miner Coconut leaf miner/hispid beetles are a serious pest insect of coconut in most of the Asian countries. There…
Rain Gun Irrigation System
Rain Gun Irrigation System for Coconut with Inter crop (Banana, Green Grams) The coconut palm requires large quantities of water for its normal growth and…
Adequate water for Hybrid Coconut Palm
Why must the Hybrid Coconut Palm be given adequate water? The coconut palm evolved over the millennia on the seashores of the tropical world, possibly on one…
SOAP, COVID 19 and VCO – A chink in the Armour?
The everyday Soap! I ask you if you believe that washing your hands with soap for the duration of two “Happy Birthdays” songs, will kill…
Management of Red Palm Weevil
Red Palm Weevil (RPW) Rhynchophorus ferrugineus is a serious pest attacking different species of palm trees like Coconut, Oil palm. The larvae are the most destructive…
Intercropping and it’s benefits
Growing more than one crop at the same time and on the same land can be a great advantage and benefit for the farmers. The…
Various products made from the natural coir
Besides drink, food, and shade, the Coconut tree offers various types of products. Coir is one of the bi-product made from the husk of coconut…
Nutmeg as Inter-crop in Coconut
Nutmeg also is known as ‘Twin spice’ is valued for its flavoring and medicinal properties. Nutmeg yields two types of spice viz., Mace (aril) is…
Management of Rhinoceros Beetle
Rhinoceros beetle pest population occurs round the year but maximum during the June – Sept. The adult is a stout beetle measuring 30-40 mm in…
Management of Bud Rot
Bud rot is a fatal disease of the coconut palm, characterized by the rotting of the terminal bud and the surrounding tissues. It affects the…
Pollen Processing
The Science of breeding new coconut varieties and hybrids is most interesting but unfortunately, also most time-consuming. The gestation period of such work takes decades…
Production of the Sampoorna hybrid coconut seedling
I hope you have seen our video on the process of hybridization. All the basic details are there. This one is on the actual production…
Continuous Improvement Program
We in Deejays believes that a sale is not complete until the Farmer gets the anticipated benefits from the coconut hybrid he buys from us.…
The Value of Embryo Culture of the Coconut Palm
The Coconut Palm easily grows from seed i.e. a coconut. A decade ago, Deejay realized that Embryo Culture or EC, of the Coconut Palm, is…
The Role Of Leaves In Productivity
In most plants, light is a very essential nutrient or the catalyst for producing food for the plant by photosynthesis – splitting one molecule of…
Hybridization of Coconut Palm
The Coconut Palm is today considered one of the best and most productive producers of food. The new high productivity hybrids are getting recognized as…
The Deejay’s Effective Irrigation System
Climate change & altered weather patterns, their extremities, and soaring temperatures around the world are leading us all towards an impending water crisis; everyone concerned…
Passion Fruit As An Inter crop
Coconut based integrated cropping systems enable better utilization of natural resources and improve the soil fertility due to the continuous biomass addition by the subsidiary…
Drought Management in Coconut Gardens
Coconut produces nuts around the year. Therefore, an adequate supply of water is essential for its unhindered growth. Soil moisture plays a vital role in…
Coconut Oil as Alternative Fuel
We all know that there are many discussions happening on banning diesel and petrol engines because they contribute a highest in air pollution also diesel…
Making India the Coconut Capital of the World
Coconut farming is growing by leaps and bounds around the tropical world. The production of coconuts is reducing year by year as the age and…
Reasons Why You Should Invest In Coconut Farming
Among the different members of the palm family, the Coconut tree is acknowledged as ‘tree of life’ or ‘Kalpavriksha’ because of the endless products derived…
How do you choose the best tender coconut!
You will feel refreshed when you just sip some tender coconut water on a hot summer noon. There are so many nutrients in coconut water…
Four things you most likely didn’t know about coconut hybridization
The Technique of Hybridization A coconut breeding project involves The identification of the right level of immaturity of the flower spathe in the dwarf mother…
Coconut cultivation and its importance
Coconut plays a significant role in the agrarian economy of India. Coconut is a crop of small and marginal farmers since 98% of about five…
The Palm and the Cow
Did you know that : The products from the coconut tree can replace all Dairy Products? – a great solution for the Lactose intolerant. You can make coconut milk, cream,…
Understanding The Background Of Rugose Spiralling Whitefly
Rugose Spiralling Whitefly (RSW) (Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin) is an invasive pest on coconut reported from Pollachi, Tamil Nadu and Palakkad, Kerala during July-August 2016. Reported…
Carbon Sequestration through Deejay Hybrid palms
Carbon sequestration is the process of removing carbon from the atmosphere and depositing it in reservoirs. Basically, it is the process of capturing atmospheric carbon…
How oil pulling can improve oral health!
Oil pulling or oil swishing is practiced for many years. This is a process of swishing oil in your mouth for 5-20 minutes. Continuing this…
Why Coconut Oil is the best vegetable oil!
Health is wealth. Additionally, having a healthy body can make people have fewer worries and be happy in life. If you are somebody who thinks…
Eight great ways to enjoy Coconut and Coconut Oil
The whole issue of saturated fat dangers is falling apart gradually, although there are still many diet and medical experts still inside its crumbling edifice.…
Shed those unwanted pounds with all-natural Coconut Oil
It might seem contradictory to everything that’s been said over the past 50 years about health, but one of the best ways to keep from…
Aloe Vera and Coconut Oil: to treat Acne
According to the American Academy of Dermatology, acne is the most common skin disorder in the United States, affecting an estimated 40 to 50 million…
Meal planning for a Ketogenic Diet
There is a growing segment of the natural health movement that endorses the ketogenic diet as the best nutritional approach. The biggest challenge that people…
Coconut Oil – miraculously helps Parkinson’s patient
Coconut Oil – miraculously helps Parkinson’s patient regain quality of life Imagine for a moment that you are a 74-year-old man diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease,…
The amazing benefits of eating Coconuts
Given the many times that experts have touted the benefits of consuming more fruits and vegetables, it should come as no surprise to learn that…
Four reasons to love Coconut Oil
Few foods, with the possible exception of eggs, have had their reputations so completely demolished in the 20th century as coconut oil. Even as late…