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Agriculture · Q118

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 118

Q118

Broca trap is used for

A.
Stored grain pest
B.
Groundnut leaf miner
C.
Coffee berry borer
Answer
D.
Mosquito and flies

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Brocap trap is used for Coffee berry borer.
The BROCAP trap combined with additional pest management can increase yield by up to 12%.
The particularity of this pest is that the female beetle bores into the coffee berries, lay eggs and then the entire life cycle of the larvae occur within the berry, which can cause entire harvests to be destroyed.