A Remedy for mammalian damage in coconut cultivation

 Damage from mammals to coconut pests is also significant at present.

  These mammalian pests damage the plant stage and the fruiting stage of the coconut plantation.

Currently reported mammal pests are wild boar,Bandicoot,Porcupine,Ant-eater,Mice, Monkeys, Bats, and Stalk squirrels destroy the plants and destroy the fruit of the mature trees.

Wild boar

 Wild boar eats the fruit of young plants that are harmful to nursery seedlings and field seedlings and destroys the seedlings.

 Bandicoot

This damage can also be seen in plants due to digging and eating the bases of the plants

 The tree is being destroyed and large holes can be seen in the feeding areas.

Porcupine

Damage to Porcupines is also a common damage during the plant stage, the seedlings die due to damage to the young stems by digging into the base of the Porcupine

Ant-eater

Ant-eater damage is similar to that of the porcupine, and Ant-eater crushes the bases of the plants, damaging the bases and causing infections and death.

Although farmers use various tactics to minimize the damage to the above animals, it is a common complaint from farmers that all of these tactics have failed today.

A very successful method for this has been tried by a farmer in the Wanduramba Agrarian Services Division in the Galle District and a very successful tactic has been found.

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