This in-depth document includes background, strategy & findings, and recommendations, including best practices, fungicides, and rust resistant varieties. Download: Sustainable Mitigation Techniques for Coffee Leaf Rust in Loma Linda, Guatemala (180 page PDF, May 2014)
DetailsCLR Sanitation Protocol from from USDA-ARS DKI PBARC (Adopted from Rapid Ohia Death Protocol) As a precaution, please adopt the following decontamination protocols regardless of where you are surveying/gathering materials. Decontaminate before and after you survey/collect samples. Never go from a suspected affected site to another site without cleaning your shoes, tools, and vehicle (when…
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Dear Growers and Friends, So far, Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR), the world’s most important and devastating disease of coffee, has been officially found on Maui and tentatively on the Big Island (Hilo and Kona). Please check your coffee tree leaves for signs and symptoms of this fungal pathogen. An HDOA field guide and submission form…
DetailsAloha, Below is the CLR manual that World Coffee Research, CATIE, and USAID developed to support growers in South America. Jennifer “Vern” Long of WCR shared it this afternoon. It’s a lot of information, and most farmers will want a condensed version. But for those who are interested, it is the primary handbook that extension…
DetailsProper Pesticide Use is of Extreme Importance to Prevent Pesticide Resistance by Coffee Leaf Rust and Other Coffee Diseases The following publication provides important information for Hawaii coffee growers, about the proper methods of spraying to suppress coffee leaf rust (CLR) while preventing pesticide resistance by rust and other diseases on farms. This article includes:…
DetailsAloha KCFA Members: We are proud to offer our first outreach/education event, since farmers need to get up to speed with a new topic. As most, if not all coffee farmers in Hawaii have heard, we are now faced with a new pest: Coffee Leaf rust (CLR). This fungus, which has had devastating effects on…
DetailsThe Independent Voice “Best Agricultural Newsletter in Hawaii” Newsletter of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association November 2020 PO Box 5436 Kailua Kona Hawaii 96745 USA www.konacoffeefarmers.org info@konacoffeefarmers.org Contents Annual Meeting and Board Election Coffee Leaf Rust Farm Insurance GoFarm Hawaii- Sessions on Taxes Restaurant Recognition Program Brazilian…
DetailsDear Coffee Farmers and Friends, The Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR), Hemileia vastratix was officially reported here in Hawaii during this week. This is a new issue that is expecting to affect the coffee industry in Hawaii. The best strategy for control is by planting coffee plants resistant to CLR. However, right now we do not…
DetailsBiology and Epidemiology Resistance Management 29 pages, Excerpt from Annual Review Phytopathology, 1989 Download: Advances in Coffee Rust Research
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