Florida Entomologist (2011) 94, 685-687

Luis F. Aristizábal, Mauricio Jiménez, Alex E. Bustillo and Steven P. Arthurs (2011)
Monitoring cultural practices for coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) management in a small coffee farm in Colombia
Florida Entomologist 94 (3), 685-687
Abstract: In a commercial coffee farm planted with 4,700 trees of coffee cultivar, 'Colombia', a cultural program for CBB control focusing on frequent and efficient harvesting was evaluated over 2 years. An average of 6.2 mature berries per tree were left after each harvesting while CBB infestations in the field averaged 2.3% of berries and CBB damage in dried (processed) green coffee beans averaged 1.5%. In contrast average CBB damage in fields in the central region of Colombia was 4.6% (n = 12). Our findings show that trained workers can maintain high harvesting efficiency, which is important to prevent outbreaks of CBB and allow the production of exportable quality coffee.
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Database assignments for author(s): Luis Fernando Aristizabal, Steven Arthurs

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Hypothenemus hampei	Coffee (Coffea)	Colombia