This chapter reviews the main soil-borne insect pests and fungal diseases affecting coffee plants. It begins by assessing insect pests such as termites, leaf-cutting ants, mealybugs, cicadas, root flies and White grubs. In each case, the chapter includes an overview, discussión of pest life cycle, damage caused and management options. The chapter then discusses key soil-borne fungal diseases: Rhizoctoniosis, Rosellinia root rot, Ceratocystis canker stain and Coffee Wilt Disease. In each case it covers disease symptoms, factors affecting incidence, epidemiology and disease management. An accompanying chapter reviews the main soil-based nematodes affecting coffee plants.
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Publication Date:
03 October 2022
ISBN: 9781801465984
Format: eBook
BISACs:
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, Food and beverage processing and engineering, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable agriculture, Agronomy and crop production
1 Introduction 2 Asian subterranean termite (Coptotermes gestroi) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) 3 Leaf-cutting ants (Atta sp. and Acromyrmex spp.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 4 Coffee root mealybug (Dysmicoccus texensis) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) 5 Coffee mealybug (Planococcus sp.) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) 6 Cicadas (Quesada gigas, Dorisiana drewseni, D. viridis, Fidiciana pronoe, Carineta fasciculata, C. spoliata, C. matura) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) 7 Coffee root fly (Chiromyza vittata) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) 8 White grubs (Phyllophaga spp.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) 9 Soil-borne fungi: rhizoctoniosis 10 Rosellinia root rot 11 Ceratocystis canker stain 12 Coffee wilt disease (tracheomycosis) 13 Summary and future trends 14 References
