Abdul Wahab Khan Panaji: The red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus), a devastating pest of palms, is increasingly targeting both commercial and ornamental palm species in Goa, a study by Rajan Shelke and Shashank Naik of the Goa College of Agriculture, Old Goa has found. The findings have raised alarm bells about the pest’s adaptability and […]

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