Adult beetles are reported to prefer coconut palms along with royal, date and fan palms. They feed on the growing spear of ...

DHARMAPURI: Farmers in Dharmapuri urged the horticulture department to take steps to prevent the spread of whitefly ...

"The coconut palm is an exotic species," explained Julien Lorthios, from the French Office of Biodiversity (OFB). It does not have the same capacity as some endemic species to put down deep roots ...