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358 P. N. Magar et al. Gomez KA, Gomez A (1984) Statistical procedure for agricultural research, pp 1–68 Mangrule M (2002) Deter ...

359 Status and Management of Three Major Insect Pests of Coconut in the Tropics and Subtropics A. D. N. T. Kumara, M. Chandrashe ...

360 A. D. N. T. Kumara et al. in loss of fronds and damage to palms (Howard et al. 2001 ). Large numbers of Lepidopterans are al ...

Status and Management of Three Major Insect Pests of Coconut in the Tropics and Subtropics 361 Fig. 1 Geographical distribution ...

362 A. D. N. T. Kumara et al. the pest is reported in almost 15 % of the global coconut-growing countries and in nearly 50 % of ...

Status and Management of Three Major Insect Pests of Coconut in the Tropics and Subtropics 363 for 25–105 days, and it becomes a ...

364 A. D. N. T. Kumara et al. the damage efficiently and is able to detect 97 % of affected palms. Recently, the image-processin ...

Status and Management of Three Major Insect Pests of Coconut in the Tropics and Subtropics 365 Pheromone The successful integrat ...

366 A. D. N. T. Kumara et al. The trap density varies from 0.5 to 10 ha (Fa- leiro 2006 ). Normally, it at least 1 or 2 traps/ha ...

Status and Management of Three Major Insect Pests of Coconut in the Tropics and Subtropics 367 Fig. 4 Monthly RPW mass trapping ...

368 A. D. N. T. Kumara et al. Table 4 Numbers of rhinoceros beetle and RPW trapped at four pheromone concentrations. (Source: Ch ...

Status and Management of Three Major Insect Pests of Coconut in the Tropics and Subtropics 369 stalk borer, Indischer Nashornkäf ...

370 A. D. N. T. Kumara et al. vae in tunnels might spread the pest to new areas (Bedford 1980 ). Bioecology Female beetles lay e ...

Status and Management of Three Major Insect Pests of Coconut in the Tropics and Subtropics 371 Management Mechanical and cultura ...

372 A. D. N. T. Kumara et al. Pheromone In the Philippines, the O. Rhinoceros phero- mone, ethylcrysanthemumate, was first teste ...

Status and Management of Three Major Insect Pests of Coconut in the Tropics and Subtropics 373 In field trapping experiments, (4 ...

374 A. D. N. T. Kumara et al. Coconut Black-Headed Caterpillar Biosystematics The black-headed caterpillar (BHC) was first de- s ...

Status and Management of Three Major Insect Pests of Coconut in the Tropics and Subtropics 375 recover completely. Further, BHC ...

376 A. D. N. T. Kumara et al. The augmentative releases of parasitiods, Trichogramma minimum Riley, Goniozus ne- phantidis Muese ...

Status and Management of Three Major Insect Pests of Coconut in the Tropics and Subtropics 377 Chandrashekharaiah et al. ( 2012 ...