Colombia managed to turn things around with significant government intervention, research into the disease and by planting varieties resistant to the fungus. The battle, however, is not over. Coffee ...

Arabica coffee is the most economically important coffee globally and accounts for 60% of coffee products worldwide. But the plants it hails from are vulnerable to a disease that, in the 1800s, ...

Hawaii farmers battling a devastating parasite might not get much relief from proposed legislation that would formally declare coffee leaf rust an invasive fungal disease. Coffee leaf rust was only ...

Continuing DCN's year in review series, we focus on science and research, with stunning findings on green coffee, quality ...

Coffee is a finicky crop — arabica coffee, the most popular variety, in particular. And climate change poses a huge threat to the coffee business and to farmers. “To grow properly, coffee crops ...

Simon Sarsar, a Maasai Moran at his two acres Coffee farm at Olalui area in Trans Mara West Sub County, Narok County. [Edwin Nyarangi, Standard] Coffee - the most loved hot drink in the world - is so ...

KAMPALA (Reuters) - An outbreak of leaf rust disease in two major coffee growing areas in Uganda will reduce the quality of the country's crop in the 2010/11 (Oct-Sept) season, a farming official said ...

Rust disease is among the more interesting plant diseases because it requires two different plants to complete its lifecycle. There are a variety of rust diseases, including cedar-apple rust, Asian ...

From pre-germinating your grass seeds for a more lush lawn to carefully mowing and tending to the needs of your grass, you've likely put a lot of work into creating a luscious lawn that you enjoy ...