<P> The fruit may also be damaged by eriophyid coconut mites (Eriophyes guerreronis). This mite infests coconut plantations, and is devastating; it can destroy up to 90% of coconut production . The immature seeds are infested and desapped by larvae staying in the portion covered by the perianth of the immature seed; the seeds then drop off or survive deformed . Spraying with wettable sulfur 0.4% or with Neem - based pesticides can give some relief, but is cumbersome and labor - intensive . </P> <P> In Kerala, India, the main coconut pests are the coconut mite, the rhinoceros beetle, the red palm weevil, and the coconut leaf caterpillar . Research into countermeasures to these pests has as of 2009 yielded no results; researchers from the Kerala Agricultural University and the Central Plantation Crop Research Institute, Kasaragode, continue to work on countermeasures . The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kannur under Kerala Agricultural University has developed an innovative extension approach called the compact area group approach to combat coconut mites . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> Coconut production, 2016 <P> (millions of tonnes) </P> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Production </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Indonesia </Td> <Td> 17.7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> 13.8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> India </Td> <Td> 11.1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brazil </Td> <Td> 2.6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sri Lanka </Td> <Td> 2.5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> World </Td> <Td> 59.0 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> Coconut production, 2016 <P> (millions of tonnes) </P> </Th> </Tr>

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