Sentences with phrase «coffee berry borer»

Not surprisingly, coffee plots embedded in a landscape with a high proportion of other coffee plots facilitated the movement and spread of coffee berry borers.

In Jamaica, Black - and - white Warblers were among the birds found on shade coffee farms that preyed upon coffee berry borers, a major coffee pest.

In Jamaica, Black - throated Blues were the number one predator recorded on the dreaded coffee berry borer.

Some like it hot: The influence and implications of climate change on coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) and coffee production in east Africa.

Challenges such as the coffee berry borer, labeling, and marketing still persist, but today's Kona coffee farmers meet those challenges with the same independence and toughness of their predecessors.

Another factor is the prevalence of various diseases and pests, including coffee berry disease (Colletotrichum coffeanum), coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix), and coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei).

The featured insect of the week at the North Carolina State University Insect Museum blog is the coffee berry borer.

Among the chief threats bean growers face is the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei), an insect that lays its eggs after digging into coffee berries.

Recent studies in Jamaica's «high mountain» coffee farms suggest that introducing insect - eating warblers such as the black - throated blue warbler (Setophaga caerulescens, inset, about to snag a coffee berry borer) onto plantations can keep the pests in check.

That increase cut the coffee berry borer infestation rates from about 35 % to less than 15 %, bringing with it a slight increase in coffee yields despite the reduced growing area.

Research in Costa Rica shows that hungry warblers and other birds significantly reduce damage by a devastating coffee pest, the coffee berry borer beetle.

The second threat is the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei).

High diversity and variability in the bacterial microbiota of the coffee berry borer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), with emphasis on Wolbachia

High diversity and variability in the bacterial microbiota of the coffee berry borer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), with emphasis on Wolbachia — Yobana A Mariño — Journal of Applied Microbiology

Additionally, warming has expanded the habitat and thus the range and damage of the coffee berry borer, a grazing predator of coffee plants.