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Title: NUEVAS TÉCNICAS DE PRODUCCIÓN MASIVA SISTEMATIZADA DE LA BROCA DEL CAFÉ, HYPOTHENEMUS HAMPEI (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE) SOBRE LA DIETA ARTIFICIAL CENIBROCA MODIFICADA

Author
item PORTILLA, MARIBELL - MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV
item Streett, Douglas

Submitted to: Revista Cenicafe
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/23/2006
Publication Date: 11/20/2006
Citation: Portilla, M., Streett, D.A. 2006. NUEVAS TÉCNICAS DE PRODUCCIÓN MASIVA SISTEMATIZADA DE LA BROCA DEL CAFÉ, HYPOTHENEMUS HAMPEI (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE) SOBRE LA DIETA ARTIFICIAL CENIBROCA MODIFICADA. Revista Cenicafe. 57(1):37-50.2006.

Interpretive Summary: The coffee berry borer is a major insect pest of coffee, and occurs in most coffee producing countries. Coffee berry borers were reared on artificial diet and this system was used to develop an automated technology for mass rearing the host for the production of natural enemies for biological control. This research should be of interest to scientists in industry and academia because it will provide a cost effective method for the large scale production of coffee berry borers.

Technical Abstract: An automated system for the mass rearing of coffee berry borer (CBB), Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) was developed at the National Biological Control Laboratory, USDA-ARS in the United States. A modified Cenibroca artificial diet consisting of coffee, agar, casein, yeast, inhibitors, vitamins and preservatives was used in the CBB rearing program. A novel cell design was developed for the 32 cell trays that were made with 20.0 mil gauge and 30 x 14.6 x 1.1 cm wide polyvinylchloride plastic. The 32 cell trays were filled with diet from an automated diet dispenser adapted to dispense the modified Cenibroca artificial diet. The CBB colony was established and maintained using this rearing system for 70 continuous generations without affecting its activity, fecundity, weight, and size. This rearing system was sufficient to produce nine hundred thousand males and females CBB in 20 liters of diet.