Pest infection affects coffee plantations, growers burn diseased plants

Time of India

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Madikeri: The practice of uprooting and burning Arabica coffee plants affected by the white stem borer infestation has become common in plantations in North Kodagu, where Arabica coffee is grown the most.
This pest is attacking the crop plants, and the growers lose the plants along with the crop every year.
The white stem borer infestation in coffee plantations reached its peak due to the increasing heat in the summer this year. The infestation of the insects on the Arabica plants is alarming the growers. The work of uprooting and burning the diseased coffee plants is currently visible, as it is the only method to stop the spread.
Some people are storing the stems of such plants near the estate, resulting in white stem borers infecting other healthy plants. Experts have advised that the harvested plants should be burned immediately or transported to a distant area.
The plants are being uprooted, and new plants are being planted in Shantalli, Bettadalli, Haraga, Kiragandur, Thakeri, Hanagallu, Aigoor, Chaudlu, Doddamalte, Shanivarasanthe, Somwarpet, Ganagu, and Alur Siddapura villages.
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KK Sudhakar, a grower from Tholurushettalli village, said, "Keeping coffee plantations healthy is impossible as yielding plants are being destroyed. It takes four to five years to grow a new coffee plant and harvest it."
Sharan Gowda, a grower from Haraga village, said that if there are 700 to 800 coffee plants in an acre, a hundred of the yielding plants are affected by the stem borer infestation. It is imperative to burn and destroy the affected plants immediately. Otherwise, there will be large-scale damage.
The senior officials of the Coffee Board have advised uprooting the coffee plants affected by the white stem borer and burning them immediately.