Efficacy of single dose anticoagulants against rodents damaging coconut

Crown baiting with bromodiolone 0.005 per cent ready made rodenticide cake @ four bits, weighning 16.5g each at the base of the four bunches bearing the tender nuts of fist size and above on four sides in the crown of palm was found very effective in controlling rodent damage

NEEM PRODUCTS AGAINST COCONUT INSECT PESTS

Three field experiments were conducted to find out the efficacy of neem products against the damage of rhinoceros beetle to coconut palm and termite damage to coconut palm and plaited leaves. The application of cither neem seed powder + sand (1:2) or neem seed kernel powder + sand (1:2) @ 150 g mixture per palm in the bases of three leaf axils in the crown, were found more effective against rhinoceros damage. Spraying of neem oil 5% or neem seed kernel extract 20% from the base and up to, 2 m height on the truck protected the palm from termites. Spraying with copper sulphate 1% and‑then neem oil 5% or copper sulphate 1% and then neem seed kernel extract 20% on plaited coconut leaves was found efficacious in protecting plaited coconut leaves for more than six months even when the plaited leaves were kept on the bare ground having persistent live termite colony throughout the year.</jats:p

Cannibalism in south Indian palm squirrel Funambulus palmarum

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