A round - up of the many stories and news items about the impact
of coffee leaf rust, and commentary on long - term consequences.
Thanks to the support of our customers, we're also donating millions of disease - resistant trees to help farmers fight threats
like coffee leaf rust.
She is currently developing an instrument to collect feedback data on the social impact of development assistance given to small - scale coffee farmers affected by the
recent coffee leaf rust disorder epidemic.
In particular, the spread of the
devastating coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix), to which C. is vulnerable, hastened the uptake of the resistant robusta.
Its goal — to raise enough funds by the end of 2016 to plant 20 million coffee seedlings to replace trees that are declining in productivity due to age and disease, such
as coffee leaf rust.
Starbucks is using its menu boards for the first time to shed light on the role of coffee farmers, and bring awareness to the challenges they face,
including coffee leaf rust and climate change.
The same year, when the first reports of a massive epidemic of a fungal disease
called coffee leaf rust were circulating in Central America, Dr. Schilling sounded alarms and organized the first Coffee Leaf Rust Summit in Guatemala.
When coffee leaf rust — which was first spotted in East Africa in the 1860s — made it to South America in the 1970s, Colombia's national coffee research center, Cenicafé, was already a decade into its rust resistance breeding program.
At the heart of the 25th International Conference on Coffee Science (ASIC) was a burning question: how to deal
with coffee leaf rust, or roya.
In particular, the spread of the
devastating coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix), to which C. is vulnerable, hastened the uptake of the resistant robusta - tree.
But Gaitán warns that scientists need to be careful to target the entire range
of coffee leaf rust, of which some races are more virulent than others.
With warmer, wetter weather overall, growers are experiencing infestations such
as coffee leaf rust and the berry borer in high - altitude locations that used to be unsuitable to such pests.
Another factor is the prevalence of various diseases and pests, including coffee berry disease (Colletotrichum coffeanum),
coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix), and coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei).
Coffee leaf rust is found in virtually all nations that produce coffee.
A fungal blight,
coffee leaf rust, was found growing in damp, shady plantations in Brazil.
For example,
the coffee leaf rust fungus has had devastating effects in Latin America.