Management of Coconut Perianth Mite, Aceria guerreronis Keifer through Plant Nutrition

The study revealed that soil application of Murate of Potash (1.5 kg) + MgSO₄ (0.5 kg) + borax (50 g) + gypsum (1.0 kg) + recommended dose of fertilizer (1.3 kg N + 2 kg P + 2 kg K) found to be superior in reducing mite population with low % damaged nuts (33.6%) with highest number of healthy marketable nuts (43/palm), total number of nuts (88 nuts/palm) and highest C:B ratio was recorded (1:2.53) compared to all other treatments. The treatment COT + RDF recorded lowest number of nuts/palm with highest mite population and damaging score over other treatments.