Dynamism of pests attacking coconut is ever increasing realizing action threshold many a
times diminishing palm productivity and threatening livelihood security. Living with pests is …

Many insects cause economic loss to the cultivated crops, forest crops, stored products and
domestic animals. These are called as pests. They have enormous capacity to multiply and …

Coconut is affected by a wide array of insects, mites, rodents and lethal/debilitating
diseases. This paper discusses the integrated pest and disease management (IPDM) tools …

More than 900 species of pests are associated with cultivated and wild coconut palm. This
number includes both invertebrates and vertebrates. Of these, red palm weevil …

326 pest breeds in decaying organic debris such as cattle dung, compost, dead and
decaying palms etc. Black beetle infestation has to be considered serious as the damage …

Coconut tree is growing in more than 93 countries in the world in an area of 12 million
hectares with an annual production of 59.98 million tonnes of nuts; India is the 3rd largest …

IPM or Integrated pest management is a strategy that integrates various methods of cultural,
physical, mechanical, biological control and selection of pesticides as the last option. IPM is …

Current integrated control strategies for pests of coconut in India, which include the major
insect pests rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros), red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus …

Methods for the mechanical, chemical and biological control of pests of coconut in India
(including the insects Oryctes rhinoceros (L.), Nephantis serinopa Meyr., Rhynchophorus …

Several species of curculionid weevils such as Amerrhinus ynca Sahlberg, Cholus
annulatus Linnaeus, C. martiniquensis Marshall, C. zonatus (Swederus), Diocalandra …