I'm a Tropical Ecologist and my research at University of Detroit Mercy focuses on the ecology & evolutionary biology of species interactions.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Roya, the Coffee Fungus
The Roya fungus (Hemileia vastatrix) infects coffee leaves and the resulting leaf damage & discoloration gives it the common name of "coffee rust". Roya hit El Salvador hard this season & it's estimated that half of the country's coffee plantations have been infected. Climate change (wetter rainy seasons, dryer dry seasons) has exacerbated Roya across Central America.
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