Beetle may drive up coffee prices. (coffee berry borer beetle, which is resistant to endosulfan, an insecticide commonly used on coffee plants)(Brief Article)

From: USA Today (Magazine) | Date: April 1, 1996 | Copyright information

An incestuous insect that is proving to be resistant to pesticides may drive up the price of coffee, scientists predict. A new strain of the coffee berry borer, a beetle that is the most common pest of coffee plants worldwide, "may represent a serious threat to the international coffee industry" because it is resistant to the most commonly used coffee insecticide, endosulfan.

Luc Brun of the Institut Francais in New Caledonia first identified the resistance in this beetle in...

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