Stopping the coffee berry borer from boring into profits.(Hypothenemus hampei) From: Agricultural Research | Date: November 1, 2004| Author: Durham, Sharon | COPYRIGHT 2004 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Water may be the essential liquid for Earth's life forms, but coffee really gets the body's motor going! Each day, millions stagger to the kitchen coffee pot or local coffee joint for the morning pick-me-up. But a tiny insect, the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei), is threatening the crop. Though it isn't the only pest of the coffee plant, it does the most damage--about $500 million worth.

Agricultural Research Service entomologist Fernando E. Vega is investigatin...