Integrated Crop Protection Program

The Integrated Crop Protection Program focuses on the identification of pests and diseases problems affecting the coconut industry, and formulation of practical, sustainable, environment-friendly, and socio-economically acceptable control measures. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) was institutionalized in coconut based farming system, and is now being practiced and advocated in the control of the following: Pests (Rhinoceros Beetle,  Coconut Leaf Beetle, Coconut Scale Insect, Mealybug, Asiatic palm weevil, Slug Caterpillar), Diseases (Phytophthora Bud and Nut Rots, Cadang-cadang, Socorro wilt, Stem Bleeding, Leaf blight and spots), Others (Rodents, Hagonoy). 

Generated technologies and information include:

1. Green Muscardine Fungus (GMF) for Management of Coconut Rhinoceros Beetles 
2. Integrated Management of Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros L.) 
3. Management of Asiatic Palm Weevil 
4. Management of Bud and Nut Rot in Coconut 
5. Management of Coconut Leaf Beetle
6. Management of Coconut Scale Insect