Environmental Science
8 years ago

Insect pests of intercrops pose threat to oil palm in India.

Tropical Pest Management
Insect pests of intercrops and their potential to infest oil palm in an oil‐palm‐based agroforestry system in India
K. Dhileepan

Paper Summary

In an oil-palm-based agroforestry system in India, only cacao shares insect pests with oil palm. Other intercrops like Albizzia, Ailanthus, Casuarina, and Subabul have specific pests that do not harm oil palm. Eucalyptus and Australian black wood did not show any pest issues.

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