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Crop Protection :: Coffee
Cockchafers or white grubs: Holotrichia spp.

Symptoms of damage and nature of attack

  • Grown up coffee plants normally attacked.
  • Young plants (1 to 5 years old) attacked by white grubs
  • Yellowing of leaves
  • Stunted growth
  • Wilting of plants and die (summer period).
  • Attacked plants can be easily pulled out

Identification of the pest

  • Grub - C-shaped, dirty white with dark brown head.
  • Adults - reddish brown beetles

Management

  • In white grub-infested areas – at the time of planting apply phorate 5 G 10 g or carbofuran 3G 10 g into the soil in the pit.
  • Soil application of phorate 10 G @ 20 g per plant.
  • Field sanitation
  • Collect and kill the grubs
  • Install light traps and kill the trapped adults (March – June)

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