These days, farmers who cultivate coconuts in Tamil Nadu are disturbed by the rising attacks of white eu. Farmers are very upset and they have appealed to experts and authorities to find ways to improve the situation. Tamil Nadu is the country’s position, the most coconuts and products made from it are exported. By 2022, the state has said that the state is cultivated with coconuts in the state. Of these, coconut is cultivated in 88,467 hectares in Coimbatore district alone.
Economic crisis in front of farmers
The daily report of the newspaper on the pest attack in Vadipatti as the Vice President of Bharatiya provided special information. He has said that white flies have spread well in some parts of Bolachi, Udumalabet and Coimbatore. Now the insect is slowly spreading in Madurai and its neighboring gardens. In Bolachi, Perumal has asked for more than a thousand trees to be destroyed. Because of this, many farmers face the economic crisis.
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First attack in 2016
According to Abdul Rasakam, head of the Department of Insect Science, VOC Agricultural University and Research Institute, Latukudi, Ragoj Whitfly is a suction insect. This has caused significant damage to production in all southern states in recent years. It was first discovered in 2004 in Belice, North American. In India, it was first found in 2016 in Bolachi and Kottayam (Kerala).
Impact on 14 districts of Karnataka
This is not the case since this year, which has been destroyed by a white mocking attack in any southern state. On March 14, Karnataka Industries Minister MP Patil said in the Assembly that the coconut trees planted in 14 districts of the state are suffering from white flying. The explosion has severely affected the coconut yield. It is believed that coconut prices are likely to increase in the coming days.
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Yields up to 50 percent
The minister said that coconut trees planted in Tumkuru and 34,530 hectares in Hasan districts are affected by the high population of white flies. The disease spreads at a large level that has affected coconut yields in Chikmagalur, Montya, Mandya, Mysore, Davanger, Chitradurga, Sivamoga, South Kannada, Samarajanagar, Ramnagar, Ramnagar, Bangalore and Kolar districts. This year, the price of coconut yields has increased by more than 50 percent. CB Suresh Babu, a white eagle can place thousands of eggs in a branch of a coconut tree, which can completely destroy the tree.
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