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Coffee Pests

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<h3>Pests of Major Significance</h3>
<h4>Insect pests</h4>
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<li>White coffee stem borer: Xylotrechus quadripes (Chevrolat) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)</li>
<li>Coffee berry borer: Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)</li>
<li>Coffee root mealybug: Planococcus citri Risso &amp; P. lilacinus Cockerell (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)</li>
<li>Shot hole borer: Xylosandrus compactus Eichhoff (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)</li>
<li>Brown scale: Saissetia coffeae Walker (Hemiptera: Coccidae)</li>
<li>Green scale: Coccus viridis Green (Hemiptera: Coccidae)</li>
<li>Cock chafers or white grubs: Holotrichia spp. (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae)</li>
<li>Hairy caterpillars: Eupterote spp. (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae)</li>
<li>Coffee bean beetle: Araecerus fasciculatus (De. Geer) (Coleoptera: Anthribidae)</li>
<li>Red coffee borer: Zeuzera coffeae Nietner (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)</li>
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<h4>Diseases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Coffee leaf rust: Hemileia vastatrix (Berk.)</li>
<li>Black rot or koleroga: Corticium salmonicolor Berk. &amp; Broome</li>
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Root diseases
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<li> Brown root disease: Fomes noxius Corner</li>
<li> Red root disease: Poria hypolateritia Berk.</li>
<li>Sandavery root disease: Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. coffeae</li>
<li>Coffee trunk canker: Ceratocystis fimbriata (Ell. &amp; Halst)</li>
<li>Berry blotch: Cercospora coffeicola (Cooke) Stev. &amp; Wellman</li>
<li>Brown eye spot disease: Mycosphaerella coffeicola (Cooke) Stev. &amp; Wellman</li>
<li>Coffee berry disease: Colletotrichum kahawae Waller &amp; Bridge</li>
<li>Coffee wilt disease: Fusarium xylarioides Steyaert</li>
<li> Coffee bark disease: Fusarium stilboides Wollenw</li>
<li>Damping off/Collar rot: Pellicularia filamentosa (Pat.) Rogers, Rhizoctonia solani Kühn</li>
<li>Die back/ Anthracnose: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Mitchell.</li>
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<h3>Weeds</h3>
<h4>Broadleaf</h4>
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<li>Slender amaranth: Amaranthus viridis L. (Amaranthaceae)</li>
<li> Climbing dayflower: Commelina diffusa L. (Commelinaceae)</li>
<li> Puncture vine: Tribulus terrestis L. (Zygophyllaceae)</li>
<li> Purslane: Portulaca oleracea L. (Portulacaceae)</li>
<li>Garden spurge: Euphorbia hirta L. (Euphorbiaceae)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Grasses</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bermuda grass: Cynodonn dactylon (L.) Pers. (Poaceae) </li>
<li> Large crabgrass: Digitaria sanguinalis L. (Poaceae)</li>
<li> Purple top chloris: Chloris barbata Swartz (Poaceae)</li>
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<h4>Sedges</h4>
<ul>
<li> Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Nematodes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Lesion Nematode: Pratylenchus coffeae Goodey (Tylenchida: Pratylenchidae)</li>
<li>Root-knot Nematode: Meloidogyne incognita Kofoid &amp; White (Tylenchida: Meloidogynidae)</li>
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<h3>Non insect pests</h3>
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<li>Mollusc: Giant coffee snail: Achatina fulica Férussac</li>
<li>Rodents and Bats.</li>
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<h3 style="float: left; ">IPM for Coffee</h3>
To know the IPM practices for Coffee, <a class="internal-link" target="_blank" href="http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/integrated-pest-managment/ipm-for-commercial-crops/ipm-strategies-for-coffee/coffee-crop-stage-wise-ipm">click here.</a>
Source: <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" href="http://niphm.gov.in/IPMPackages/Coffee.pdf" target="_blank" title="niphm.gov.in (External website that opens in new window)">NIPHM</a>; <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" href="http://ppqs.gov.in/" target="_blank" title="ppqs.gov.in (External website that opens in new window)">Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine &amp; Storage</a> 
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