Claim · model-written summary
Albizia chinensis was found to be an alternative host of the borer.
- Taxon
- A. chinensis
Albizia chinensise1 - Interactor
- BCTBe0pest
- Outcome
- alternative host to the BCTBe0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“it has been found to be an alternative host to the BCTB”
e1“A. chinensis is recommended to be intercropped with coffee”
Title
Infestation and management of the black coffee twig borer in Uganda
Lina Wu 2016
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation 69% of surveyed coffee farms were infested by the borer.
- Observation An average of 40% of coffee plants were attacked.
- Observation National coffee yield loss due to the borer was estimated at 9%.
- Observation Farmers reported increased borer infestation in recent years.
- Observation Farmers estimated yield loss due to the borer at 20-75%.
- Observation Officers estimated yield loss at 5-50%.
- Observation Two officers believed borer infestation was declining.
- Observation Four farmers cut down shade trees to reduce borer levels.
- Association The field study found no significant association between tree presence or abundance and borer attack rates.
- Recommendation The authors left the recommendation to intercrop Albizia chinensis with coffee unresolved.