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This website is dedicated to providing outreach to farmers for the management of Coffee Berry Borer and other coffee pests, diseases and problems in Hawaii. 
Click below for the latest on agricultural events and announcements
NEW VIDEO! A video on conducting the End of Season Strip-Pick for coffee field sanitation and coffee berry borer control - click on the still below to view.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uWqkovPqKg&feature=youtu.be
  • What is end of harvest strip-picking
  • Why strip-pick and conduct field sanitation
  • How to strip-pick your coffee
  • What to do with coffee that was strip-picked
Two short videos on how to conduct the 30 Trees Sampling Method for CBB Monitoring - click on the stills below to view.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb8hV0ID5_A
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ioL-IeogFU
  • Proper sampling methods and use of worksheets in the field to determine CBB infestation
  • Counting berries per branch
  • Counting infested berries per branch
  • Recording data
  • Collecting berries for dissection
  • Dissecting berries from the field to determine CBB damage and vulnerability to spray
  • Determining CBB position (A/B; C/D) and alive, dead or absent
  • Calculating % infestation
  • Calculating % A/B alive; % C/D
  • Making a decision to spray or not

Recomendaciones para el manejo integrado de plaga de la broca del café en Hawái 2016 

(Posted 6/28/17)
Thank you for your patience as we translated and published the Recommendations for Coffee Berry Borer Integrated Pest Management in Hawai‘i 2016 for Spanish readers. 
"Recomendaciones para el manejo integrado de plaga de la broca del café en Hawái 2016" is now available online and can be downloaded here or my clicking on the photo to the right.

Quarantine Restrictions Expanded to Coffee Grown on Maui 

(Posted 3/17/17)
​The Hawaii Board of Agriculture (on 3/14) expanded the coffee berry borer (CBB) quarantine to the island of Maui, effective May 1, 2017. The quarantine, which has been in effect on Hawaii Island and Oahu, restricts the interisland movement of coffee and other CBB hosts and requires treatment and other quarantine protocols. Although recent detections of CBB were located in Hana and Kipahulu, the board decided that an island-wide quarantine was necessary to prevent the further spread of CBB in the state.

If you need more information about the quarantine or permit requirements, please call Mr. Lance Sakaino, Acting Plant Quarantine Specialist, at 808-832-0566 or email to: HDOA.PQSPEC@hawaii.gov.

To read more about this quarantine, please click on the links below.

http://hdoa.hawaii.gov/blog/main/nr17-07cbbmauiquarantine/
https://hdoa.hawaii.gov/pi/files/2013/01/CBB-Quarantine-Maui.pdf
Chapter 4-72, HAR (Hawaii Administrative Rules)

CBB Response Manual

by Dr. Russell Messing - UH CTAHR ​
This document was created to provide coffee producers and farm managers and workers with approaches that may help to delay the time when CBB moves into currently uninfested coffee growing areas of the state. 

Information within this CBB Response Manual includes:
  1. Introduction and short history of CBB response in Hawaii
  2. Advanced preparation for the farm and mill
    1. Good management practices
    2. Training for field and mill workers
    3. Scouting for CBB in transects, and the role of traps
    4. Site-specific action plan
  3. How to respond to a new CBB invasion
    1. Confirmation of beetle identity
    2. Conducting a Delimitation Survey
    3. Decision-making and action response
Example of a laminated placard with CBB and coffee photos on heavy-duty stock, suitable for rough outdoor field usage and rainy conditions. These placards are available upon request from: messing@hawaii.edu.
Coffee Berry Borer (CBB)

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