Pest to kill plantations 'in three years'
MANILA
A new breed of beetle could wipe out the coconut
industry in three years, the government has warned.
Unless the coconut hispine beetle is eradicated the
US$760 million industry does not stand a fighting
c.hance
The insect has already attacked 70,000 trees or
700 hectares of coconut plantation.
CIIF Oil Mills Group president Danilo M
Coronacion said these pests are native to Papua
New Guinea and Indonesia and were brought to
the Philippines in 2004 through ornamental plants
imported from Thailand and Vietnam.
These pests were spotted preying on palm trees
along the Baywalk strip of Roxas Boulevard in
Manila and along the stretch of Silang to
Dasmarinas highway in Cavite.
Coronacion said the infestation had spread in
different areas throughout the country from
southern Luzon to Mindanao.
According to the Philippine Coconut Authority , the
insect feeds on young leaves, which then appear
burned or scorched and may cause death to young
palms and those situated in poor growing
conditions.
The beetle causes great damage to seedlings and
mature coconut palms, kills the young spears and
eventually the whole palm. Ornamental palms
suffer the same fate.
MANILA
A new breed of beetle could wipe out the coconut
industry in three years, the government has warned.
Unless the coconut hispine beetle is eradicated the
US$760 million industry does not stand a fighting
c.hance
The insect has already attacked 70,000 trees or
700 hectares of coconut plantation.
CIIF Oil Mills Group president Danilo M
Coronacion said these pests are native to Papua
New Guinea and Indonesia and were brought to
the Philippines in 2004 through ornamental plants
imported from Thailand and Vietnam.
These pests were spotted preying on palm trees
along the Baywalk strip of Roxas Boulevard in
Manila and along the stretch of Silang to
Dasmarinas highway in Cavite.
Coronacion said the infestation had spread in
different areas throughout the country from
southern Luzon to Mindanao.
According to the Philippine Coconut Authority , the
insect feeds on young leaves, which then appear
burned or scorched and may cause death to young
palms and those situated in poor growing
conditions.
The beetle causes great damage to seedlings and
mature coconut palms, kills the young spears and
eventually the whole palm. Ornamental palms
suffer the same fate.
The beetle causes
great damage to
seedlings and
mature coconut
palms, kills the
young spears and
eventually the whole
palm. Ornamental
palms suffer the
same fate
great damage to
seedlings and
mature coconut
palms, kills the
young spears and
eventually the whole
palm. Ornamental
palms suffer the
same fate
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