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                    [Title] => The Coconut Scale Insect (CSI) Outbreak in the Philippines
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The coconut industry faces perhaps the worst problem it has encountered in many decades.

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Insect outbreaks occur when new strains/species of insects are introduced into areas where they have no or very few natural enemies.

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The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) will regulate the transport of mangosteen and lanzones fruits from the provinces of Batangas, Cavite, Laguna and Quezon after these crops were found to be infested with scale insects.

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The Zamboanga City agriculture office and the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) are closely monitoring the possible coconut scale insect infestation commonly known as ‘cocolisap’ following reports that the parasites have invaded fruit trees in this city. 

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-11 14:03:44 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1333114 [Title] => Gov't unveils program to fight coconut pest [Summary] =>

The government launched today a six-month program to fight a pest known as scale insects which has infested more than a million coconut trees in the country.

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The government has said it will put in place emergency measures to combat the infestation of scale insect which threatens to cripple the local coconut industry.

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MULA nang mag-outbreak nu’ng Hulyo 2010, mahigit 700,000 puno ng niyog na ang winasak ng scale insects (Aspidiotus destructor). Kumalat na ang peste sa bawat tatlong puno sa Batangas. Lumukso na rin ito sa mga karatig probinsiya ng Cavite, Batangas, at Quezon.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135482 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 1362380
                    [Title] => The Coconut Scale Insect (CSI) Outbreak in the Philippines
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The coconut industry faces perhaps the worst problem it has encountered in many decades.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1722528 [AuthorName] => Ruben L. Villareal, Ph.D. [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1346948 [Title] => Science to the rescue of the coconut industry [Summary] =>

Insect outbreaks occur when new strains/species of insects are introduced into areas where they have no or very few natural enemies.

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The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) will regulate the transport of mangosteen and lanzones fruits from the provinces of Batangas, Cavite, Laguna and Quezon after these crops were found to be infested with scale insects.

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The Zamboanga City agriculture office and the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) are closely monitoring the possible coconut scale insect infestation commonly known as ‘cocolisap’ following reports that the parasites have invaded fruit trees in this city. 

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-11 14:03:44 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1333114 [Title] => Gov't unveils program to fight coconut pest [Summary] =>

The government launched today a six-month program to fight a pest known as scale insects which has infested more than a million coconut trees in the country.

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The government has said it will put in place emergency measures to combat the infestation of scale insect which threatens to cripple the local coconut industry.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-06 20:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 933278 [Title] => Pesteng scale insects pagtulungan labanan [Summary] =>

MULA nang mag-outbreak nu’ng Hulyo 2010, mahigit 700,000 puno ng niyog na ang winasak ng scale insects (Aspidiotus destructor). Kumalat na ang peste sa bawat tatlong puno sa Batangas. Lumukso na rin ito sa mga karatig probinsiya ng Cavite, Batangas, at Quezon.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135482 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) ) )
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