During a presentation at last week’s ASIC conference in Portland, Ore., World Coffee Research announced that rust resistance in most existing resistant varieties is expected to break down within a decade, and advised farmers to […]
World Coffee Research confirms through genetic testing that the variety, which was planted across Honduras for its resistance to coffee leaf rust, has stopped resisting the disease. BY CHRIS RYAN BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Cover photo […]
Article and photos by Nora Burkey The morning of Saturday, March 8, 2014, I was awoken by a cheerful voice crowing, “Happy International Women’s Day!” It was none other than Nicaraguan powerhouse Fatima Ismael Espinoza, […]
Editor’s note: We got an overwhelming response from the article by Chad Trewick, “Rust on the Rampage,” in the April+May issue of Barista Magazine. The topic of coffee-leaf rust and the devastation it’s causing in […]
Editor’s note: We got an overwhelming response from the article by Chad Trewick, “Rust on the Rampage,” in the April+May issue of Barista Magazine. The topic of coffee-leaf rust and the devastation it’s causing in […]
The science journal, Nature, takes a look at the explosion of coffee rust, or roya, in Central America. The longterm damage will be devastating. From the story: The latest outbreak may halve the 2013 “14 […]
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