Simple Summary Coffee is produced in more than 60 countries by 25 million coffee
producers, most of whom are smallholders in emergent countries. More than a beverage …

Continuous pesticide usage has negative impacts on people and ecosystems associated
with coffee farms. Alternative plant protection strategies can be implemented that are …

Many traditional farmers and environmentalists subscribe to the popular idea that the natural
world offers ecosystem services that contribute to the stability, productivity, and sustainability …

Based on principles of the conservation and optimization of biodiversity and of equity and
sustainability, this book focuses on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem as a model for a …

Coffee plants host several herbivorous species, but only few are considered pests. Brazil is
the largest coffee producer of the world, and the two key coffee pests of the crop in the …

Losses in coffee crops due to the pest attack harm up to 50% of production. In an attempt to
control the progress of these herbivores, chemical inputs are used on crops, but with limited …

Plant diversification is a strategy for pest management in agroecosystems. However, a major
hurdle in the adoption of this management practice by farmers is related to doubts …

Coffee production has a high socioeconomic importance in most Latin-American countries.
The areas where coffee is grown are characterized as optimal environments for the …

A better understanding of fitness costs and insecticide resistance reversion has practical
applications for improving resistance management approaches. The coffee leaf miner …

We assessed the influences of ambient temperature, rainfall, shade cover and elevation on
seasonal abundance of coffee leafminer Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Ménèville) and its …