Talk Story with COFFEE BERRY BORER Researchers

In April, May, and June 2020, the Coffee Berry Borer Area-wide Program held virtual meetings about research on Coffee Berry Borer (CBB).

These meetings (on Zoom) were informal seminars where growers, researchers, and other agricultural professionals could share their knowledge about managing this coffee pest.

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CBB Management: Biocontrol and Repellents
    April 9, 2020 Mark G. Wright (UH CTAHR)

New App for CBB Monitoring and Control: BEST BEANS
    April 16, 2020 Nick Manoukis (USDA PBARC)

Exploring Physical Barriers as a Tool for CBB Management
    April 23, 2020 Melissa Johnson (USDA PBARC)

Frequent and Efficient Harvest
    April 30, 2020 Luis Aristizábal (Coffee Consultant)

Multiplying Predators
    May 7, 2020 Peter Follett (USDA PBARC)

Coffee Fruit Rot and its Relation to CBB and Beauveria bassiana
    May 14, 2020 Paul Bayman (UPR)

Management of Plant-parasitic Nematodes in Coffee Production
    May 21, 2020 Roxana Myers (USDA PBARC)

Farmers Managing CBB: Update from HDOA Subsidy Program Surveys
    May 28, 2020 Melanie Bondera (HDOA)

CBB Management and Coffee Research Updates from CTAHR's Cooperative Extension
    June 4, 2020 Andrea Kawabata (UH CTAHR)

Infection and Severity of Coffee Leaf Rust, Hemileia vastatrix (Berk & Br.) and their Relationship to Weather Variables in Four Locations in Puerto Rico
    June 11, 2020 Paula Garcia (UPR)



For more information,
contact Roseann Leiner at roseannl@hawaii.edu (808-969-8256 voicemail messages).