Integrated management of the coffee berry borer: A comparison of cultural, biological, and ethological control

Abstract

The coffee berry borer (CBB) is among the most harmful pests to coffee crops across the world, causing enormous harm to small-scale coffee farmers in northern Peru. This study aimed to contrast three different CBB control methods; cultural control (field sanitation), ethological control (red traps baited with ethanol-methanol (1:1)), biological control (use of the Beauveria sp., strain) and an integration of the aforementioned methods by comparing each control method's efficiencies and CBB reduction percentage in coffee plantations located in the province of Rodriguez de Mendoza, Amazonas. Therefore, a completely randomized block design (CRBD) was applied. Subsequently, the results showed no statistical differences among treatments carried out in this study. However, high infestation reduction percentages of up to 70% were reached, evidencing the effect of these treatments. In addition, the final results were impacted by environmental conditions and population pressure.

In Vitro Biological Activity of Beauveria bassiana, Beauveria peruviensis, and Metarhizium sp. against Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

“…Tis insect lives in the internal tissues of the cofee fruit; thus, the damage is caused by larvae and adults due to their feeding and reproduction process in the endosperm, reducing the yield and quality of cofee production [4]. In addition, H. hampei has a cryptic life cycle because it spends most of its life inside the endosperm, which hinders the efectiveness of control strategies [5,6].…”