1. Field visit was made to Coconut and Onion at Pulikuthi Village, Chinnamanur Block.
2. We have identified the rhinoceros beetle incidence in Coconut and root rot disease in Onion.
3. We have recommended Metarhizium anisopliae fungus to compost pits and breeding sites and Installation of rhinolure pheromone traps at 1 trap per 2 hectares to attract and kill adult beetles for coconut crop.
4. Recommended drenching the root zone with Copper oxychloride 2.5 g/L or Carbendazim 1 g/L.
