Colombia managed to turn things around with significant government intervention, research into the disease and by planting varieties resistant to the fungus. The battle, however, is not over. Coffee ...

Continuing DCN's year in review series, we focus on science and research, with stunning findings on green coffee, quality ...

Hawaii farmers battling a devastating parasite might not get much relief from proposed legislation that would formally declare coffee leaf rust an invasive fungal disease. Coffee leaf rust was only ...

Arabica coffee is the most economically important coffee globally and accounts for 60% of coffee products worldwide. But the plants it hails from are vulnerable to a disease that, in the 1800s, ...

Coffee is a finicky crop — arabica coffee, the most popular variety, in particular. And climate change poses a huge threat to the coffee business and to farmers. “To grow properly, coffee crops ...

FRAIJANES, Guatemala (AP) — For years, Hernan Argueta’s small plot of coffee plants seemed immune to the fungus spreading elsewhere in Central America. The airborne disease that strikes coffee plants, ...

CCRI announces two new high-yielding Arabica coffee varieties resistant to pests and diseases, enhancing Indian coffee ...

KAMPALA (Reuters) - An outbreak of leaf rust disease in two major coffee growing areas in Uganda will reduce the quality of the country's crop in the 2010/11 (Oct-Sept) season, a farming official said ...

From pre-germinating your grass seeds for a more lush lawn to carefully mowing and tending to the needs of your grass, you've likely put a lot of work into creating a luscious lawn that you enjoy ...