Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Saving Coconuts from Tree Dogs
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Category | Crop Pest & Disease Management |
| Crop | Coconut |
| Crop Family | Arecaceae |
| Scientific Name | (Cocos nucifera) |
| Vernacular Name | Nariyeli tree |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | |
| Details of Innovation | He draws the picture of a snake on the lower portion of the trunks of coconut trees. Tree dogs (Palm civet) climb up the coconut tree and drink the coconut water damaging the fruit. Thus, these nocturnal animals mistake the figure of the snake for a real snake, and the fruit is saved. |
Leaflet | © OpenStreetMap contributors
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | K Kanagasabapathi |
|---|---|
| District | Cuddalore |
| KVK District | TNAU- KVK, Vriddhachalam, Cuddalore – 606 001 |
| Address | Annamalai Nagar,Tamil Nadu |
| Languages Spoken | |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| PIN Code | 608002 |
| PAS_1 | "RATS." http://coconutpests.org/pests-and-diseases-of-coconut/rats |
|---|---|
| PAS_2 | "To save this palm-filled paradise, biologists must kill the trees."https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/save-palm-filled-paradise-biologists-must-kill-trees |
| Agro Ecological Zone | Eastern Ghat (T.N. Uplands), (120-150) semi-arid ecosystem (8.3) East Coastal (TN) Plain, hot moist semiarid ecosystem with Coastal and deltaic alluvium-derived soils with GP 120- 150 days. (18.2) |
| Other Community Practices | |
| Practice ID | KNW0010000000981 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/11 |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| PIN Code | 608002 |