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                    [ArticleID] => 1298626
                    [Title] => ‘Friendly’ wasps to counter pests in coconut farms
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Millions of “friendly” wasps will be released in coconut-producing regions to fight a pest attacking the trees.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1724775 [AuthorName] => Rudy Fernandez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/6830/3ox8.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1260747 [Title] => Coconut farmers learn to use insects vs pests [Summary] =>

Farmers in North Cotabato and Kidapawan City are using insects to fight the virulent leaf beetles ravaging their coconut farms.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-25 14:41:36 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 680114 [Title] => Biological drive vs. coconut-eating pests set [Summary] =>

Agriculture authorities in South Cotabato are shifting to biological measures to control the onslaught of Brontispa that are infecting coconut plantations in the province.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-28 16:56:30 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 679386 [Title] => Pests damage coconut plantation in Palawan [Summary] =>

The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) here has reported today that pests attack damaged an estimated 5,000 coconut trees in Southern Palawan.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-26 10:09:38 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1430092 [AuthorName] => Juancho Mahusay [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 454957 [Title] => PCA discovers pest nemesis of Brontispa [Summary] =>

The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) has discovered new parasitoid insects which could prove to be of great importance in the country’s continuing battle against Brontispa longissima which has previously attacked more than 1.6 million coconut trees nationwide.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 32369 [Title] => Coco pest now under control [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 22781 [Title] => Another destructive pest [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 13475 [Title] => Beetle threatens survival of RP’s coconut industry [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-08-16 20:33:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 377618 [Title] => PCA ready to do battle with coconut leaf beetle [Summary] => The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) is ready to do battle with an invasive and destructive pest of coconut and other palm species which has ravaged palms nationwide.

In January 2007, the PCA together with the Bureau of Plant Industries (BPI), local government units (LGUs) and the academe is set to pilot field tests of biological control agents against Brontispa longissima, commonly known as the coconut  leaf beetle (CLB).
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 369521 [Title] => PCA-7 wants measures vs. deadly beetle enforced [Summary] => The Regional Development Council of Central Visayas should encourage local governments to carry out a containment program against a deadly pest that had been threatening the $760-million coconut industry in the country.

This was the plan of the Philippine Coconut Authority-7, which disclosed that it would soon submit a resolution calling on the RDC to encourage LGUs for the adoption of a containment program against the coconut hispine beetle, or the Brontispa Longissima Gestro.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) ) )
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December 9, 2007 - 12:00am
By Rey Gamboa | October 22, 2007 - 12:00am
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