Avian species significantly reduce coffee berry borer beetle infestations in Costa Rica. Amid cuts to federal funding, US universities tighten budgets, forcing PhD students and early-career ...

To report possible coffee berry borer infestations on Lanai, call the department’s Plant Pest Control Branch at (808) 973-9525. For more information on the beetle in Hawaii, go to the department ...

The wasps would be released in the center of the field to search for new coffee berry borers. They would release about one wasp per 10 beetles. USDA-ARS, the University of Hawaii and the state ...

A coffee berry borer (lower left) sits atop a coffee bean, which is its sole source of food and shelter. The beetle thrives in the toxic, caffeine-rich bean thanks to the microbes in its gut ...

However, as pests and diseases — most notably coffee leaf rust and the coffee berry borer — continue to evolve and adapt, fueled by rising temperatures, Cenicafé says it remains at the ...