Clash of the mites: Hot on the heels of a destructive coconut pest Date: May 17, 2010 Source: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) ...

An inspector on a routine hunt for fruit flies was checking a coconut palm tree outside an office building in Palm Beach Gardens in early December when he found a new threat to the state’s $3 ...

The coconut mite (Aceria guerreronis) represents a formidable challenge to coconut production worldwide. This minute pest exploits the microhabitats afforded by coconut bracts, rendering ...

Now the coconut mite has gradually spread – over the years – to plantations in Chilaw, Puttalam, Negombo, Kurunegala, some areas in Gampaha and the Mahaweli areas. According to official statistics, ...

A predatory mite (Neoseiulus Barak) has been introduced by the Coconut Research Institute in Lunuwila to control the spread of the coconut mite (Aceria guerreronis) epidemic in the Southern Province.

KENDRAPARA: Mites (Aceria guerreronis) have wreaked havoc on coconut plantation in coastal Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts hitting the livelihood of thousands of farmers hard. Wit ...

Despite the efforts of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), the red palm mite is continuing to cause widespread destruction within the local coconut industry ...

WAILUKU >> A pest known as the coconut mite was recently found on Molokai, threatening the island’s historic Kapuaiwa Coconut Grove. The Maui News reports the Molokai branch of the Maui Invasive ...

Some of the pests affecting the coconut palms in this area are Coconut Eriophyid Mite, Mealy Bug/Soothy Mould, Scale Insect, Red Palm mites and Nemathode. Diseases are Basal Stem end Rot, ...

DAVANAGERE: District Minister S.S. Mallikarjun inaugurated a programme on coconut mite control by injecting the medicine to a coconut tree at Basavarajappa's Garden at Belavanur village near here ...

Now the coconut mite has gradually spread – over the years – to plantations in Chilaw, Puttalam, Negombo, Kurunegala, some areas in Gampaha and the Mahaweli areas. According to official statistics, ...