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Stimuli increasing oviposition by female coffee white stem borer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Marc Rhainds ,
Maarten Warndorff ,
Phang Kok Chiew ,
Chin Chiew Lan  and
Gerhard Gries
Marc Rhainds*
Affiliation:
Center for Environmental Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
Maarten Warndorff
Affiliation:
Nestlé (China) Agriculture Service Kunming Liasion Office, Kunming Office, 19 Renmin Donglu, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China 650051
Phang Kok Chiew
Affiliation:
Nestlé Singapore (Pte) Limited Research and Development Center, 29 Quality Road, Singapore 618802
Chin Chiew Lan
Affiliation:
Nestlé (Malasyia) Research and Development Center Sdn Bhd, PO Box 185, 0800 Sg Petaini, Kedah DA, Malaysia
Gerhard Gries
Affiliation:
Center for Environmental Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
*
1 Author to whom all correspondence should be sent at the following address: Department of Entomology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, United States 14456 (E-mail: [email protected]).
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The coffee white stem borer, Xylotrechus quadripes (Chevrolat) is a major pest of coffee, Coffea arabica (L.) (Rubiaceae), in South Africa, India, Thailand, and China (Duffy 1968; Schoeman 1990; Visitpanich 1994; Montavon 1997). Females lay eggs singly or in batches, generally under bark crevices of the stem. Neonatal larvae feed beneath the bark and, during development, bore deeply inside the stem. Stems are colonized by up to 60 larvae. Extensive damage by larvae causes mortality of coffee plants or reduction of fruit production (Duffy 1968; GK veeresh). Because larvae inside the stems of coffee plants are difficult to control, management tactics are aimed at preventing infestation, either by interfering with oviposition of females or by killing neonates before they bore into the stem. Our study tested insect and host plant derived stimuli that may affect the selection of oviposition sites by female X. quadripes.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 133 , Issue 3 , June 2001 , pp. 409 - 412
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2001

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