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SILVESTRE, Fernández  e  CORDERO, Julio. Evaluación de atrayentes alcohólicos en trampas artesanales para el monitoreo y control de la broca del café, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) . Bioagro [online]. 2005, vol.17, n.3, pp.143-148. ISSN 1316-3361.

ABSTRACT     This assay was based on the need of developing strategies to control the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) affordable by farmers. In the locality of Caspo, Lara State, Venezuela, the capture of adults of the insect using handmade traps constructed with soft drink disposable plastic bottles was evaluated in a completely randomized test with four repetitions and the following eight attractants: mix of methylic (M) and ethylic (E) alcohols at 1:1 ratio; mix of M and E at 3:1; mix of M, E and coffee powder at 1:1:1; isopropilic alcohol (I); mix of M, E and I at 1:1:1; Agave cocuy liquor; sugar cane liquor; and coffee pulp vinegar. The greater captures of adults occurred in the treatments that included mixes of methyl and ethyl alcohol, but lacking isopropilic alcohol with averages above 400 adults/trap/week, being significantly higher than the rest of treatments. A second assay established with those three treatments to determine the best height to position the traps in the coffee plantation did not show differences between the two evaluated heights of 0.2 and 1.0 m.  The use of these traps using attractants containing mixes of methylic and ethylic alcohols placed between 0.2 and 1.0 m may be an option for controlling the coffee berry borer at high infested plantations.

Palavras-chave : Plant protection; methanol; ethanol.