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Source: Daijiworld [summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=1036250In coastal districts of Karnataka, coconut plantations are getting affected by stem bleeding disease. Scientists …

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South American fossil reveals earliest evidence of seed beetle predation in palm fruit

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Penn State

Summary:

Tiny beetles that feed on fruit from the palm family may have developed their taste for coconuts long ago, according to a team …

Springer https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40858-022-00494-0

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Source: Daily News [summ. Mod.DHA, edited] http://www.dailynews.lk/2021/12/15/local/267456/disease-affecting-coconut-crops-brought-under-controlNearly 300 000 fruit-bearing coconut trees in the Matara district were cut down due to the spread …

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Source: Business Daily [summ., edited] https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/economy/kenya-steps-surveillance-of-coconut-disease-3549150Kenya is on a high alert following the outbreak of a coconut disease along the Indian Ocean coast that …

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Source: The Hans India [summ., edited] https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/amalapuram-coconut-growers-fear-spread-of-black-scorch-disease-to-plantation-704598Coconut trees are adversely affected by a strange …

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Source: India Today [summ., edited] https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/why-kerala-has-a-coconut-problem-1838024-2021-08-10Coconut cultivation has been in decline in India. The national production …

Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus (OrNV) is a dsDNA virus which has been used as a biocontrol agent to suppress Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Recently a new wave of O. rhinocerosincursions in …

ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200916113515.htm

Invasive beetle could lead to local extinction of the region's only native gymnosperm

Date:

September 16, 2020

Source:

University of Guam

Summary:

Researchers have documented what …