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Caribbean & Latin America

FAO and regional programmes. 3 practices across 2 crops.

Summary of cited sources. TERAknow summarises published guidance from the sources linked on each page. Recommendations are general, not guaranteed: results depend on your soil, climate and variety, so confirm with local extension staff or an agronomist before acting.

Regional notes

What sources say about this region

  • Banana: Caribbean & Latin America

    TR4 prevention programmes focus on farm-gate biosecurity, surveillance and fast diagnosis (FAO).

Practices

Practices tagged Caribbean & Latin America

Coffee · Kopi

Full coffee guide
    • Biological & regenerative
    • Pests & disease
    • Stage: Productive trees

    Use Beauveria and alcohol traps against berry borer

    The fungus Beauveria bassiana infects adult borers, and alcohol-baited traps catch flying females.

    Technical detail
    • Puslitkoka uses Beauveria bassiana strain 705 and Hypotan traps at 25 per hectare.
    • Pacific Pests reports about 80% adult mortality from Beauveria in consistently humid countries. Traps with a methanol to ethanol mix of 3:1 are used in organic coffee in Mexico.
    • Put traps at processing sites too, so beetles do not escape back to the field.
    Regions
    Indonesia · Latin America
    Confidence
    High confidence: several institutional sources agree
    Sources
    Crop
    Coffee guide

Mango · Mangga

Full mango guide
    • Conventional
    • Crop care
    • Stage: Pruning & flower induction

    Use paclobutrazol only on healthy, well-sized trees

    Paclobutrazol, applied as a soil drench at the trunk, can give earlier and more even flowering. Dose goes by tree size, not age.

    Technical detail
    • NT Agnote: collar drench mixed in about 1 L of water after harvest; foliar sprays were ineffective. Do not treat weak trees.
    • Wait until trees have a good canopy: about 3 years in high-density blocks and about 5 years at 10 m spacing.
    • Overdosing compacts flowers and shoots. Paclobutrazol can leave soil residues and is not allowed in organic systems. Follow the local label.
    Regions
    Australia · Indonesia · Latin America
    Confidence
    High confidence: several institutional sources agree
    Sources
    Crop
    Mango guide
    • Biological & regenerative
    • Crop care
    • Stage: Pruning & flower induction

    Tip pruning as a non-chemical flowering aid

    Pruning branch tips after harvest raised flowering in a Brazilian trial. Organic growers rely on pruning, irrigation and nutrition timing instead of growth regulators.

    Technical detail
    • In 'Uba' mango, unpruned trees flowered about 41% and tip-pruned trees about 84% without paclobutrazol (one trial).
    • A 2021 review calls for more research on pruning, girdling, fertilization and irrigation as organic options. Results are still limited.
    Regions
    Latin America · Widely applicable
    Confidence
    Emerging evidence: early or small-scale evidence
    Sources
    Crop
    Mango guide
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