Crop Protection :: Coffee
Red borer: Zeuzera coffeae
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Symptoms of damage
- Caterpillar bores into the stem or branches to feed on the wood.
- In early stages of attack, young plants or braches show wilting.
- Pellet-like excrement of the larva hangs out and accumulates at the base of the plant.
- In advanced cases, the branch dries up.
Identification of the pest
- Adult - orange colour, medium sized moth with spotted wings.
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Management
- Affected plants or twigs - cut and burnt.
- Field release of white muscardine fungus B. bassiana and braconid parasite Amyosoma zeuzerae for control of the red borer
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