An epidemic of coffee rust, caused by a pathogenic fungus, has ravaged Latin American plantations over the past couple of years, and finally scientists might have an answer to control this ...

By 1970, coffee rust had jumped to Brazil. "It became so devastating in Sri Lanka, southern India and Java that coffee agriculture had to be abandoned," says Perfecto. Now coffee rust has spread to ...

Coffee rust has ravaged Latin American plantations for several years, leading to reductions in annual coffee production of up to 30 percent in some countries and threatening the livelihoods of ...

Wheat stripe rust is one of the most important wheat diseases and is caused by the plant-pathogenic fungi Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst). Though Pst is known to be highly host-specific, it ...

Chilean needle grass could cost farmers up to $1.16 billion in lost production if left unchecked. The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is combating that with the release of rust fungus to ...

Rust fungi (order Pucciniales) form one of the largest groups of obligate plant pathogens, characterised by complex life cycles often involving up to five spore stages and the alternation between two ...

The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to help Central American farmers fight a devastating coffee disease — and hold down the price of your morning cup. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Researchers have found a high incidence of coffee leaf rust (CLR) disease in Vietnam, the world's second-largest coffee producer. Potential origins and migration routes were revealed, as well as a ...

Native trees like the paperbark are central to the culture of the traditional owners of K'Gari (Fraser Island). "These species are living stories," says Matilda Davis, who works with the Butchulla ...

The world's leading crop scientists issued a stark warning that a deadly airborne fungus could devastate wheat harvests in poor countries and lead to famines and civil unrest over significant regions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They are all susceptible to parasitic rust diseases caused by fungi. Plant rust disease can easily be spotted by the ...