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Crop specialists in Central America announced today that a major rescue effort is underway in one of the heartlands of ancient agriculture to regenerate thousands of unique varieties of coffee, tomatoes, chili peppers, beans and other major crops through a partnership between the Global Crop Diversity Trust and 19 Latin American genebanks.
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The Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) invites coffee growers, researchers, and regulators to attend a symposium in Waikoloa, Hawaii on the coffee berry borer on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, from 1:40 to 5:40 p.m.
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 | Shade-grown coffee farms support native bees that help maintain the health of some of the world's most biodiverse tropical regions, according to a study by a University of Michigan biologist and a colleague at the University of California, Berkeley. ...> Full Article |
 | Scientists in Brazil are reporting for the first time that coffee beans contain proteins that can kill insects and might be developed into new insecticides for protecting food crops against destructive pests. Their study, which suggests a new use for one of the most important tropical crops in the world, appears in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a bi-weekly publication. ...> Full Article |
A predator for the devastating coffee berry borer has just been discovered in Africa. Dr. Juliana Jaramillo from the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Kenya and Dr. Eric Chapman from the University of Kentucky have identified a previously unknown predatory thrips which feeds on the eggs and larvae of the coffee berry borer. Their study is published online in Springer's journal Naturwissenschaften -- The Science of Nature.
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