SUMMARY Taxonomy and History: Hemileia vastatrix Berk. and Broome (Basidiomycota,
Pucciniales) was described in 1869 in eastern Africa and Ceylon as the agent of coffee leaf …

Though several in-situ treatment methods exist to remediate polluted sites, selecting an
appropriate site-specific remediation technology is challenging and is critical for successful …

In Brazil, coffee leaf rust, a fungal disease caused by Hemileia vastatrix Berk. et Br., was first
detected in Coffea arabica in January 1970, in the southern region of Bahia state. Today, the …

Plant diseases cause considerable losses in crop production and storage. Nowadays,
growers still rely heavily on chemical pesticides to prevent, or control these diseases …

Coffee leaf rust (CLR) caused by the fungus Hemileia vastarix is a devastating disease in
almost all coffee producing countries and remote sensing approaches have the potential to …

Stripe rust (caused by Puccinia striiformis tritici) is one of the most devastating diseases of
wheat. The most effective ways to control stripe rust are the use of resistant cultivars and the …

Chemical agents are extensively used in all countries of the world in1960s, for controlling
the agricultural pest and pathogens, it became apparent that agricultural chemicals were …

Agricultural activity has always been threatened by the presence of pests and diseases that
prevent the proper development of crops and negatively affect the economy of farmers. One …

Coffee is a crop of great economic importance in many countries. The organic coffee crop
stands out from other production systems by aiming to eliminate the use of synthetic …

The entomopathogenic and mycoparasitic fungus Lecanicillium lecanii is known to attack
both the green coffee scale, Coccus viridis, and coffee leaf rust, Hemileia vastatrix. Using …