Can we mange White Stem Borer? A close relook at the prospects of existing technologies...

摘要

The Coffee White Stem borer popularly known as CWSB, is a century old pest reported for the first time in India during 1938. Since then, the CWSB has been threatening the fortunes of arabica coffee cultivation. Because of the economic significance ofthis pest, development of appropriate management strategies has been the major thrust of coffee research over the decades. Initially, tracing, uprooting & destroying of the infested plants was widely practiced as a successful management strategy for CWSB. Subsequently, Lindane swabbing became very popular and was very effective in containing the pest devastation not only because of its contact action but also due to its fumigant action. The ban of Lindane leads to the shift to Chlorpyrifos which is relatively better effective against CWSB than all other available insecticides.