University of Hawaii at Manoa
2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE
Environment
The Hawaii Protocol for Scientific Monitoring of Coffee Berry Borer: a Model for Coffee Agroecosystems Worldwide
Melissa Anne Johnson 1,2, Robert Hollingsworth 2, Samuel Fortna 2,3, Luis F. Aristizábal 4, Nicholas C. Manoukis 2
1Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, 2Daniel K. Inouye US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, 3College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 4Independent Consultant on CBB Management
Comprehensive monitoring of coffee berry borer and host plant dynamics is essential for aggregating landscape-level data to improve management of this invasive pest. Here, we present a protocol for scientific monitoring of coffee berry borer movement, infestation, mortality, coffee plant phenology, weather, and farm management via a mobile electronic data recording application.
Environment
Source and Route of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Contamination in Tea Samples
Weiting Jiao 1,2, Tingting Shen 2, Luyao Wang 1, Lei Zhu 1,3, Qing X. Li 4, Chen Wang 3, Hongping Chen 3, Rimao Hua 1, Xiangwei Wu 1
1Key Laboratory of Agri-food Safety of Anhui Province, School of Resource & Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 2State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, School of Tea and Food Science & Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, 3Key Laboratory of Tea Quality and Safety & Risk Assessment, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, 4Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa
The present protocol describes the contamination of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) in tea samples from PA-producing weeds in tea gardens.
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