Integrated Pest Management of Coffee Berry Borer: Strategies from Latin America that Could Be Useful for Coffee Farmers in Hawaii

The coffee berry borer (CBB), Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is the primary arthropod pest of coffee plantations worldwide. Since its detection in Hawaii (September 2010), coffee growers are facing financial losses due to reduced quality of coffee yields. Several...

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Published inInsects (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 6
Main Authors Aristizábal, Luis F, Bustillo, Alex E, Arthurs, Steven P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI 03.02.2016
MDPI AG
Subjects
Beauveria bassiana
biological control
Cathartus quadricollis
Cephalonomia stephanoderis
cultural practices
Hypothenemus hampei
monitoring
Phymastichus coffea
post-harvest
Prorops nasuta
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Beauveria bassiana
Phymastichus coffea
cultural practices
Cephalonomia stephanoderis
Cathartus quadricollis
Prorops nasuta
biological control
monitoring
Hypothenemus hampei
post-harvest
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Summary:The coffee berry borer (CBB), Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is the primary arthropod pest of coffee plantations worldwide. Since its detection in Hawaii (September 2010), coffee growers are facing financial losses due to reduced quality of coffee yields. Several control strategies that include cultural practices, biological control agents (parasitoids), chemical and microbial insecticides (entomopathogenic fungi), and a range of post-harvest sanitation practices have been conducted to manage CBB around the world. In addition, sampling methods including the use of alcohol based traps for monitoring CBB populations have been implemented in some coffee producing countries in Latin America. It is currently unclear which combination of CBB control strategies is optimal under economical, environmental, and sociocultural conditions of Hawaii. This review discusses components of an integrated pest management program for CBB. We focus on practical approaches to provide guidance to coffee farmers in Hawaii. Experiences of integrated pest management (IPM) of CBB learned from Latin America over the past 25 years may be relevant for establishing strategies of control that may fit under Hawaiian coffee farmers' conditions.
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ISSN:2075-4450
2075-4450
DOI:10.3390/insects7010006