A pest that has been defoliating our forests now has a new common name. The Entomological Society of America has renamed Lymantria dispar (formally known as the "gypsy moth") the
Higher MSP may see Kerala growers produce more natural rubber from April
February 22, 2021
Currently, as production costs exceed returns, growers are tapping their trees only once a week
Natural rubber growers in Kerala are expecting to tap more rubber from their trees beginning April 1 when a State government order for ₹170 a kg minimum support price (MSP) comes into effect.
Kerala accounts for 90 per cent of the total rubber production in the country.
Currently, a majority of farmers are keeping off from tapping due to prices hovering around ₹150 a kg, while the cost of production is about ₹175. As production costs exceed returns, growers are tapping their trees only once a week, according to grower community sources.
before and after satellite image i should say of areas ravaged by hurricane irma. we re looking at them now. explain the differences you see. when you look at the satelliteim pa satellite images, what they show is in the green image you see a completely forested, especially st. john s island, almost completely cover in forest and then after the category 5 hurricane irma passed through you see a complete defoliation of all of the vegetation on the island. it s remarkable, something i ve never seen before, only thing comparable is looking at isolated tornado tracks where you have a narrow strip across some area where the tornado passed. but the destruction of irma when it was category 5 storm was