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AS DISEASES TAKE HOLD OF THEIR TREES, COCONUT FARMERS IN POLLACHI BELT ARE IN
SEVERE DISTRESS


ALREADY HIT BY FALLING PRICES OF COPRA AND COCONUT, FARMERS IN THE POLLACHI
REGION HAVE NOW BEGUN AXING THEIR TREES THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY ROOT WILT AND
WHITEFLY

July 04, 2023 01:16 pm | Updated July 05, 2023 11:45 am IST - COIMBATORE

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Coconut farmers in Pollachi, Kinathukadavu, Anamalai and Udumalpet are in
distress, as their coconut crops have been affected by a number of diseases,
including root wilt, whitefly and Tanjore wilt. Farmers have now begun cutting
the affected trees.



Pollachi, Anamalai, Kinathukadavu and Udumalpet account for a large share of
coconut crops in the region, and farmers here had already been hit by falling
prices of copra and coconut. Now, farmers are facing the additional problem of
three diseases affecting a substantial section of their standing crops, and as a
result, are axing the trees,

P. Latha, associate professor at the Coconut Research Station, Aliyar, said that
efforts are now on to sensitise farmers on the fertiliser inputs and the
proportion in which fertilisers have to be mixed and laid at the trunk of the
coconut trees. She said 1 kg of urea, 2 kg of super phospate and 3 kg of
potassium have to mixed and then laid 4.5 to 6 ft away from the tree trunk. Only
by doing this, can the diseases be controlled, she said.

Similarly, for coconuts that shrink in size, the farmers will have to use a
coconut tonic twice an year. Farmers are at liberty to approach the research
station for further assistance, she said.




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