Plantation Crops

Plant Protection in coconut

Pests:
1) Rhinocerus beetle
2) Leaf eating caterpiller Red palm weevil
3) Root grubs
4) Mites , Eriophid mite Mealy bugs
5) Scales
6) Coreid bugs
7) Rats etc

Diseases:

1) Bud rot Stem bleeding

2) Anabe roga
3) Pestalotia leaf spot /Grey leaf spot
4) Thanjavar wilt / Ganoderma wilt
5) Root (wilt) disease:
6) Mahali or fruit rot and nut fall

Other diseases:

1) Button shedding,
2) Production of barren nuts,
3) Root wilt,
4) Tatipaka in AP
5) Leaf yellowing and
6) Tapering or pencil point disease.