Open AccessOutbreak of coffee leaf rust ( Hemileia vastatrix )in Colombia
Author(s) -
Cristancho M.A.,
Rozo Y.,
Escobar C.,
Rivillas C.A.,
Gaitán A.L.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new disease reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2044-0588
DOI - 10.5197/j.2044-0588.2012.025.019
Subject(s) - biology , rust (programming language) , coffea arabica , outbreak , cultivar , horticulture , crop , spore , veterinary medicine , agronomy , botany , virology , programming language , medicine , computer science
In Colombia, coffee cultivation covers 850,000 ha, of which 41% comprises cultivars of Coffea arabica that are susceptible to leaf rust (CLR) caused by Hemileia vastatrix Berk. et Br.CLR, first recorded in Colombia in 1983, is the most…