Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 2
Written by Poojashree Nagappa KUMMUR, Devarajan THANGADURAI, Jeyabalan SANGEETHA, Simran PANIGATTI, Smita SHINDE
Throughout the world, coffee is an important agricultural commodity and most consuming beverages. Over the last two decades, coffee production has been declined due to the outbreak of the most devastating disease called coffee leaf rust caused by Hemileia vastatrix. To achieve sustainability, soil biodiversity plays a key role in the agriculture system as the indicator of soil health. A total of 29 different localities were surveyed for coffee leaf rust disease in major coffeegrowing regions such as Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu, and Hassan in Karnataka, India. The present study reveals the morphological variation of Hemileia vastatrix causing coffee leaf rust disease from different geographical regions, observed under a light microscope and scanning electron microscope
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