Evaluation of Plastic Shipping Bags for Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Containment
| dc.creator | Curtiss, RT | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-26T19:04:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-26T19:04:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-12-21 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) is a major pest of coffee worldwide that is believed to be capable of chewing through the plastic bags used to ship coffee. However, a test of H. hampei escape ability from plastic coffee shipping bags has not been performed. In this study, nine bag treatments were tested to measure H. hampei escape rate from shipping bags. In addition, the activity following seven drying treatments was measured to determine if mechanical drying methods reduce H. hampei survival in infested coffee prior to shipping in escape-proof bags. This study determined that H. hampei can chew through and escape from some plastic shipping bags, but adequate drying methods may be useful in reducing survival prior to shipping. These results may have quarantine implications for shipping unroasted coffee and other commodities in plastic shipping bags that contain potentially infested materials. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society (2023) 55: 51-58. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0073-134X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10125/107652 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Coffee | |
| dc.subject | coffee berry borer | |
| dc.subject | quarantine | |
| dc.subject | Hawai‘i | |
| dc.subject | insect-proof packaging | |
| dc.title | Evaluation of Plastic Shipping Bags for Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Containment | |
| dcterms.type | Text |