Coconut
 Prasad S.K. (CPCRI). Courtesy of EcoPort (www.ecoport.org)
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Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera)
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 B. Loehr, icipe
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Coconut palms killed by lethal disease
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 B. Loehr, icipe
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Lethal yellowing disease of coconut palms. Note yellow leaves and a dead palm without leaves.
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 B. Loehr, icipe
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Adult coconut bug on coconut bunch
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 B. Loehr, icipe
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Nymph of coconut bug
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 B. Loehr, icipe
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Coconut bug damage on mature nuts
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 B. Loehr, icipe
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Young nuts (nutlets) showing gummosis due to feeding by the coconuts bug
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 B. Loehr, icipe
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Poor nut set due to coconut bug attack
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 B. Loehr, icipe
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Coconut nutlets damaged by the coconut bug
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 A. M. Varela, icipe
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Coconut damaged by the coconut bug. Inset: adult of the coconut bug
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 A. M. Varela, icipe
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Weaver ants preying on nymph of coconut bug (marked by black arrow)
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 A. M. Varela, icipe
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Weaver ant nests on coconut palm
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 A. M. Varela, icipe
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Weaver ant nest on bush growing in the surroundings of a coconut plantation
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 A. M. Varela, icipe
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Nuts damaged by the coconut mite
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 Z. Seguni, MARI, Tanzania
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Rhinoceros beetle. Real size: 3.5-5 cm long
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 National Coconut Development Program (NCDP), Tanzania
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Grubs of the rhinoceros beetle. Grubs live and feed in dead coconut logs.
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 B. Loehr, icipe
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Coconut leaf showing damage by the rhinoceros beetle. Note typical V-shaped damage.
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 Z. Seguni, MARI, Tanzania
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Iron rods use for hooking rhinocerus beetles out of coconut palms.
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 B. Loehr, icipe
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Coconut scale
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 A. M. Varela, icipe
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Damage by the coconut mite. Note splitting of the husk due to mite attack.
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 Z. Seguni, MARI
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Seedling affected by dry bud rot (right).
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 Chayopak Taweesak (EcoPort, www.ecoport.org)
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Damage by palm weevil
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 Grahame Jackson (EcoPort, www.ecoport.org)
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Lethal bole rot (Marasmiellus cocophilus)
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 United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs Archive, USDA ARS, Bugwood.org
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Coconut scale (Aspidiotus destructor)
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 Z. Seguni, MARI, Tanzania
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African palm weevil adults (Rhynchophorus phoenicis).
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