Wednesday, December 13, 2006
D0524

Infestation risk analysis for coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari)) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in processed green coffee beans

John W. Armstrong, jarmstrong@pbarc.ars.usda.gov, USDA-ARS, P. O. Box 4459, Hilo, HI, Alex E. Bustillo, AlexE.Bustillo@cafedecolombia.com, Cenicafé, FNC, Km 4, Via Ant, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia, and Jorge E. Peńa, jepena@ufl.edu, University of Florida, 18905 SW 280 Street, Homestead, FL.

Coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari), is considered a quarantine pest of green coffee imported into Hawaii for roasting and blending with locally-grown and other coffee beans. However, there are no indications in the literature that coffee berry borer is found in green beans (coffee processed to remove the pericarp and parchment, then dried to 9-13% moisture content level. Moreover, no studies have been done to determine whether coffee berry borer could be found in processed green coffee. The effects of standard coffee industry processes, including both machine and sun drying, on the survival and reproduction of coffee berry borer was determined during June to August, 2006, at the Central Experimental Station “Narajal", Cenicafé, Chinchiná, Colombia, and the results of this pest risk analysis are reported here.


Species 1: Coleoptera Curculionidae Hypothenemus hampei (coffee berry borer)