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Coffee leaf rust has long been the enemy of coffee growers, but a snail from Southeast Asia may give them hope. By Maria Cramer It’s not exactly what you want to think about when you’re sipping your ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaii Department of Agriculture said the devastating fungus, coffee leaf rust, has been found on all major islands in the state. In the last month, the state collected ...

Juan Robleto, 46, works at the "Santa Francisca" farm where coffee rust led to the cutting and burning of coffee trees and where they are now growing other varieties of coffee and cocoa, as a result ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – With looming threats of coffee leaf rust to farmers’ yields, Purdue University mycologist Catherine Aime is working to protect this staple of daily lives and the economies of ...

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HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - In an alarming discovery, agriculture officials have confirmed the presence of coffee leaf rust from samples collected on Maui and detected “suspect” samples in Hilo ...

The coffee leaf rust, “one of the most devastating pests of coffee plants,” has been tentatively identified on plant samples collected on Maui from managed and wild coffee in Haiku, the state ...

(Beyond Pesticides, May 26, 2021) Coffee leaf rust, caused by a fungus that can devastate fields of coffee plants, and the coffee industry of entire countries, was recently detected on the Hawaiian ...

Progressive-minded café goers have long appreciated the value of an organic cup of coffee. Not only do conventional beans require synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, what's good for the bean--an ...

Gray leaf spot is also active in the lower canopy at multiple sites across the state. The lesions are light tan in color and generally narrow and rectangular, and can be as long as 2 inches. As the ...