Vulnerability of coconut to attack of non-indigenous pests

Issue Date

10-2011

Abstract

For the last two decades, the coconut palm was beset with insect pests. All of these were found to be either a new record of occurrence in the area or recorded for the first time in the Philippines. About 1 million palms in Sto. Domingo and Sta. Elena, Iriga City were defoliated by 3 species of Limocodidae in Sept. 2009. Three months later, the palms started to recover naturally due to the fungus and virus which infected the slug-caterpillars.

Source or Periodical Title

Philippine Entomologist

ISSN

0048-3753

Volume

25

Issue

2

Page

213

Document Type

Article

Frequency

semi-annually

Language

English

En – AGROVOC descriptors

COCOS NUCIFERA; CATERPILLARS; PEST INSECTS; INSECTA; PLANT PESTS

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