November 2020
Posters | Cera-Trap®
The activity of the Guatemalan coffee grower sector has generated a number of positive effects such as theThe activity of the Guatemalan coffee grower sector has generated a number of positive effects such as thecreation of employment, foreign exchange income and increased production; but it has similarly created aseries negative effects such as those that are now lived where coffee growers have been forced to look upfor new planting alternatives facing the strong global crisis that goes thr...
November 2020
Posters | Cera-Trap®
In 2018, coffee represented 8.5% of exports in Guatemala, which places it as the second mostIn 2018, coffee represented 8.5% of exports in Guatemala, which places it as the second mostcommercialized good in the country, after textiles (Banco de Guatemala, 2018). In 2016 the coffee sectorrepresented 2.5% of the country's GDP. Coffee cultivation tasks employ 125 thousand people. 97% of themare small coffee growers responsible for 47% of the national production. Adding to that the rest of thepe...
November 2020
Posters | Cera-Trap®
In the south-east area of Guatemala, until 2005 a total of 275.30 hectares were dedicated to mandarinIn the south-east area of Guatemala, until 2005 a total of 275.30 hectares were dedicated to mandarinproduction, of which 78% (214.73 ha) are concentrated in the department of Santa Rosa, with themunicipalities of Chiquimula, Oratorio, Taxisco and Pueblo Nuevo Viñas; then 13% (35.78 ha) are in thedepartment of Jutiapa and the remaining 9% (24.75 ha) are in the department of Jalapa (Hernánde...
October 2020
Posters | Cera-Trap®
Efforts to control medfly pest relayed on bait sprays with toxic insecticides. The use of mass trapping in IPM strategies has proven to be efficient. However, there has been much debate regarding the potential undesirable attractant impacts on non-target organisms. CeraTrap®(CT) is a pesticide-free attractant based on a liquid protein mixture successfully used over the last fifteen years on citrus, pome and stonefruits aswell as tropical and subtropical fruits.
October 2020
Scientific articles | Cera-Trap®
We evaluated a new integrated pest-management system for Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann, 1830), the mainWe evaluated a new integrated pest-management system for Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann, 1830), the maininsect pest of apple crops in Brazil. Our strategy combined mass trapping and application of toxic baits in cropsystems without (Area 1) and with (Area 3) anti-hail netting. The treatments were compared with the conventionalmanagement (applications of toxic baits ...