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Kenya?s Coffee Crop Threatened by ?Serious? Outbreak of Thrips, Group Says
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Kenyan coffee growers face a ?serious? outbreak of thrips that may worsen at the end of the East African country?s cold season, the Coffee Research Foundation said.
?Coffee farmers are advised to perform regular pest surveys in their farms to monitor thrips population and take appropriate measures,? the Ruiru, Kenya-based organization said in a statement published in the Daily Nation newspaper today. Other pest outbreaks, including green-scale infestations and coffee- leaf rust, may also increase, the organization said.
Nairobi ? Local coffee farmers have been put on high alert over an outbreak of a tiny insect that attacks the cash-crop.
Coffee Research Foundation Monday told growers to monitor and spray their crops should they notice coffee thrips, which cause the leaves to fall-off and in worst case kills the tree.
"Coffee Research Foundation wishes to notify coffee farmers of thrips outbreak in most coffee growing regions which is likely to worsen when the cold season is over," the advert said.
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Symptoms include irregular grey and silvery patches covered by minute black spots on the underside of leaves and berries. The nymphs are small, cigar-shaped and pale yellow in colour. The adults are grey-brown and slightly larger.
