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The coffee leaf rust pathogen Hemileia vastatrix : one and a half centuries around the tropics
25 Nov 2016
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TAXONOMY AND HISTORY: Hemileia vastatrix Berk. and Broome (Basidiomycota, Pucciniales) was described in 1869 in eastern Africa and Ceylon as the agent of coffee leaf rust and has spread to all coffee cultivation areas worldwide. Major disease outbreaks in Asia, Africa and America caused and continue to cause severe yield losses, making this the most important disease of Arabica coffee, a cash crop for many...
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