Caffine serve as an insectiside and a pesticides in a coffee plant and crops
INTRODUCTION C offee plant ( Coffee arabica ), is a common houseplant, produces its own insecticide, Caffeine to protect itself from predatory insects. In 1984, neurologist James A Nathanso published article for science magazine starting that caffeine is produced with in plants and serves as a natural insecticides for dangerous insects and pests. (Budzinski, 2020). There are over 1000 chemical compounds in coffee. A variety of chemical occur naturally in the raw coffee bean and about 950 more new compounds are formed after roasting. Coffee may also contain chemical insecticides used during the planting process coffee can be useful in mosquito control Some Coffea plant are naturally resistant to insects attack and also contains antiviral properties. Caffeine inhibits the activities of spider that harms the coffee plants and certain insects also decrease the reproductive capacity on danger mosquitoes (Satho , et al., 2015). Coffea species are susceptible to various fungal infe...