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…