The development of a Programme for the control of the Coconut Mite, Eriophyes guerreronis Keifer in the coconut groves of the island of St. Vincent, W.I.
1982
Griffith R.
The coconut mite, Eriophyes guerreronis has become, in two years, a major pest problem of the coconut groves in St. Vincent. Preliminary studies with the acaricide Vamidothion - 'Kilval' (R) in Trinidad indicated certain characteristics for efficacious action on the pest. A larger scale test on nearly 4,000 coconut trees in St. Vincent, through injection of 100 ml of the chemical, in two weekly doses of 50 ml revealed above 80 '%' control of the pest when mature nuts containing mites were not removed prior to treatment and almost 100 '%' control when they were. The absence of mites resulted in more fruits being borne per inflorescence in treated areas. Such pesticide action is required immediately to curtail the rapid advance of the pest areas in the island of St. Vincent.
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