Pests and diseases: non-chemical measures in the source
Rhinoceros beetle: trap adults with fermented castor cake or pheromone baits; use the bio-agents Baculovirus oryctes and Metarhizium anisopliae. Red palm weevil: remove damaged and rotten bunches, apply tar to wounds and cuts on the stem, and trap adults with pheromone baits. Basal stem rot: remove and destroy diseased palms and apply 5 kg neem cake per tree per year. Chemical treatments for the compost pit, bud rot and basal stem rot are also listed — ask your officer.
Pending expert review
Source
Crop Production Guide – Horticulture Crops 2020 (Directorate of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Tamil Nadu & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)), Oil Palm – Plant protection, p. 227
