Relations of Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) with the soil of coffee plantations as base for the agroecological management

Authors

  • Luis L Vázquez
  • Janet Alfonso
  • Yanotsi Ramos
  • Antonio Martínez
  • David Moreno
  • Yaril Matienzo
Keywords: coffee, Hypothenemus hampei, agroecological soil management

Abstract

The populations of the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) are related with the phonological stages of the cultivation and the climate, among other factors; four types of displacement of mature females exist: (1) among the plants during the fructification stage and harvests; (2) of the fruits in the plant to the fruits in the soil at the end of the harvest (inside fruits that fall and by means of their own flight); (3) among fruits in the soil when these they begin to break down in search of fruits in good state; (4) they emerge of fruits in the soil and they go to the plant in the new fructification.

The fruits that fall to the soil and that they are good to be infested (reservoirs for the survival) they are the parchments, mature, green and black; in the florescence stage the quantity of fruits in the soil is smaller and these high populations of the pest manifest; the natural main enemies that are related with the soil of the coffee plantation are Beauveria bassiana and several species of ants (Solenopsis geminata and Tetramorium bicarinatum); the coffee plantations with diversified shade are fewer affected by this pest; these processes influence on the behavior of their populations in capacity of survival, displacement and infestation of fruits. The results obtained in Cuba have allowed adopting agroecological practices of soil management of the coffee plantation.

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Vázquez, L. L., Alfonso, J., Ramos, Y., Martínez, A., Moreno, D., & Matienzo, Y. (2012). Relations of Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) with the soil of coffee plantations as base for the agroecological management. Agroecology, 7(1), 81–90. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/agroecologia/article/view/171041
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