Pests & diseases of coconut
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Raoiella indica is reported in many of the countries in the Southeast Asia region. It is considered to be a major pest in India and Sri Lanka.
Besides coconut (Cocos nucifera), R. indica is present in betel palm (Areca catechu), date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) and hurricane palm (Dictyosperma album). It was also reported in the famil
The coconut mite, Aceria guerreronis Keifer, is considered an important pest of coconuts which attacks young coconut fruits. Despite being small in size, i.e. largest length of 250 µm, high mites’ populations and extensive feeding can cause scarring and distortion of fruit. This eventually leads to premature fruit drop. The mites are likely to spread from palm to palm through air current or phoresy and crawl between nearby palms
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