Gut microbes enable coffee pest to withstand extremely toxic concentrations of caffeine

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 10:30 in Biology & Nature

The coffee berry borer is the most devastating coffee pest in the world. The tiny beetle is found in most regions where coffee is cultivated, and a big outbreak can slash crop yield by 80 percent.

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