Sentences with phrase «coffee berry borers»
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.
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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).
In Jamaica, Black - throated Blues were the number one predator recorded on the dreaded coffee berry borer.
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.
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