A sample of a rust fungus collected at a residence in Hilo has been tentatively identified by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service in Hilo as coffee leaf ...

If you are unfamiliar with coffee rust, some rather unappealing images may come to mind. And indeed, coffee rust is a formidable problem for coffee lovers and growers everywhere. Coffee rust, or ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved a request from the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) to allow Hawaii coffee growers to use the Priaxor® Xemium ...

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 ...

Coffee farmers may have a new tool to use in the near future to combat coffee leaf rust, a threatening pathogen that has been found on Maui, Lanai, Hawaii island and Oahu. With Hawaii’s $56 million ...

The Hawaii Board of Agriculture voted today to expand the coffee quarantine areas in Hawaii in an attempt to keep coffee leaf rust, a fungus that can threaten the state’s coffee industry, from ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Since the discovery of coffee leaf rust was confirmed on Hawaii Island in October, the coffee community — from individual farmers to the state’s Department of Agriculture — has been working to find ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - After being discovered in October, coffee leaf rust has made its way to all of the major islands in Hawaii and experts aren’t sure how far it reaches. According to the state ...