Mammalian pests of cocoa in South India
The Western Ghats Squirrel, Funambulus tristriatus Waterhouse; the South Indian palm Squirrel, F. palmarum Linnaeus and the black rat, Rattus rattus Linnaeus were observed to be causing much damage to cocoa in South India; the palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Pallas and the bonnet monkey, Macaca radiata Geoffroy were causing minor damage. Monthly surveys made for one year in Karnataka showed that the percentage of damage caused by rodents was 29.0; that by civets and monkeys 0.4 and 0.3 repectively. In Kerala and one district of Tamil Nadu rodents were estimated to be causing 15 percent damage and civets 3 percent; no monkey damage was found.
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1981
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| Subjects: | THEOBROMA CACAO, MAMIFEROS NOCIVOS, ROEDORES, INDIA, |
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| Summary: | The Western Ghats Squirrel, Funambulus tristriatus Waterhouse; the South Indian palm Squirrel, F. palmarum Linnaeus and the black rat, Rattus rattus Linnaeus were observed to be causing much damage to cocoa in South India; the palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Pallas and the bonnet monkey, Macaca radiata Geoffroy were causing minor damage. Monthly surveys made for one year in Karnataka showed that the percentage of damage caused by rodents was 29.0; that by civets and monkeys 0.4 and 0.3 repectively. In Kerala and one district of Tamil Nadu rodents were estimated to be causing 15 percent damage and civets 3 percent; no monkey damage was found. |
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