Practice Name:

Saving Coconuts from Tree Dogs

Details

Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop	Coconut
Crop Family	Arecaceae
Scientific Name	(Cocos nucifera)
Vernacular Name	Nariyeli tree
Scout	HBN
Details Of Innovation	He draws the picture of a snake on the lower portion of the trunks of coconut trees. Tree dogs (Palm civet) climb up the coconut tree and drink the coconut water damaging the fruit. Thus, these nocturnal animals mistake the figure of the snake for a real snake, and the fruit is saved.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	K Kanagasabapathi
District	Cuddalore
KVK District	TNAU- KVK, Vriddhachalam, Cuddalore – 606 001
Address	Annamalai Nagar,Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken	Tamil
Vocation	Farming
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	608002

PAS 1	"RATS." http://coconutpests.org/pests-and-diseases-of-coconut/rats
PAS 2	"To save this palm-filled paradise, biologists must kill the trees."https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/save-palm-filled-paradise-biologists-must-kill-trees
Agro Ecological Zone	Eastern Ghat (T.N. Uplands), (120-150) semi-arid ecosystem (8.3) East Coastal (TN) Plain, hot moist semiarid ecosystem with Coastal and deltaic alluvium-derived soils with GP 120- 150 days. (18.2)
Practice ID	KNW0010000000981
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/11
Reference	HBN database
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY

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