March 2021
Scientific articles | Cera-Trap®
The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata, is a worldwide pest of agriculture able to use olfactory cues to locate habitat, food sources, mates and oviposition sites. The sensitivity of medfly olfaction has been exploited to develop olfactorybased attractants that are currently important tools for detection, control and eradication of its populations. Among these is Cera Trap® (BIOIBERICA, S.A.U.), a cost-effective bait. Here we ...
November 2020
Posters | Cera-Trap®
In Guatemala, one factor that stimulates the economy is the growth and expansion of mango consumption,In Guatemala, one factor that stimulates the economy is the growth and expansion of mango consumption,those can be nationally and internationally by exports represented by the Ataulfo mango for the market inthe United States, Europe and Central American (Honduras and El Salvador). To this market dynamism canbe added the transformations that can be carried out in the medium and long term, acc...
November 2020
Posters | Cera-Trap®
The activity of the Guatemalan coffee grower sector has generated a number of positive effects such as theThe activity of the Guatemalan coffee grower sector has generated a number of positive effects such as thecreation of employment, foreign exchange income and increased production; but it has similarly created aseries negative effects such as those that are now lived where coffee growers have been forced to look upfor new planting alternatives facing the strong global crisis that goes thr...
November 2020
Posters | Cera-Trap®
Determine the effectiveness of the mass trapping with bait station (BS) Cera Trap® for the control of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata Wied.)
November 2020
Posters | Cera-Trap®
In 2018, coffee represented 8.5% of exports in Guatemala, which places it as the second mostIn 2018, coffee represented 8.5% of exports in Guatemala, which places it as the second mostcommercialized good in the country, after textiles (Banco de Guatemala, 2018). In 2016 the coffee sectorrepresented 2.5% of the country's GDP. Coffee cultivation tasks employ 125 thousand people. 97% of themare small coffee growers responsible for 47% of the national production. Adding to that the rest of thepe...
