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Biological control of the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Phymastichus coffea (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Colombia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

J. Jaramillo ,
A.E. Bustillo ,
E.C. Montoya  and
C. Borgemeister
J. Jaramillo
Affiliation:
Institute of Plant Diseases and Plant Protection, University of Hanover, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, 30419 Hanover, Germany Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café, AA 2427, Manizales, Colombia
A.E. Bustillo
Affiliation:
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café, AA 2427, Manizales, Colombia
E.C. Montoya
Affiliation:
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café, AA 2427, Manizales, Colombia
C. Borgemeister*
Affiliation:
Institute of Plant Diseases and Plant Protection, University of Hanover, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, 30419 Hanover, Germany International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, PO Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
*
*Fax: +254208561690 E-mail: dg@icipe.org
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Abstract

The potential of the eulophid parasitoid Phymastichus coffea LaSalle to control coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) populations under field conditions in Colombia was evaluated. Parasitoid adults were released one, five and nine days after artificial infestations of 90-, 150- and 210-day-old coffee berries with H. hampei females. The position of the beetle inside the berry and the parasitism levels were assessed ten days after each P. coffea release. Parasitism of H. hampei by P. coffea was significantly affected by the age of the berries at the time of infestation, and by the position of the beetle inside the berries. Highest levels of parasitism were recorded in 150-day-old berries (75–85%) and in 90-day-old berries (75%) when P. coffea were released one day after the artificial infestation with H. hampei. In 150-day-old berries, highest levels of parasitism were recorded for H. hampei found in the outer layer of the endosperm followed by beetles penetrating the exocarp. Increasing the time of P. coffea releases after the artificial infestations with H. hampei led to decreased levels of parasitism in beetles attacking 90- and 150-day-old coffee berries. Low levels of parasitism were recorded in H. hampei females infesting older coffee berries because most of the beetles had already constructed galleries deep in the endosperm of the berries, i.e. out of reach of the parasitoid. The potential of P. coffea for biological control of coffee berry borer in Colombia is discussed.

Keywords

coffee berry borerHypothenemus hampeiparasitoidsPhymastichus coffeacoffeebiological controlColombia
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Research Article
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 95 , Issue 5 , October 2005 , pp. 467 - 472
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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