Continuous pesticide usage has negative impacts on people and ecosystems associated
with coffee farms. Alternative plant protection strategies can be implemented that are …

Simple Summary Several hundreds of endophytic microbes are found to be associated with
coffee plants. Endophytes are mostly recognized as symbionts and offer many benefits to …

The multifunctional role of shade trees for conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem
services in natural forests and agroforests is well documented, yet we lack insights into the …

Shade trees stimulate many pathways that influence disease development in opposite
directions, and that, in addition, may interact with environment. To better understand shade …

This article explores the design of microalgae biofaçade thanks to a numerical model
describing the system's thermal and biological behavior. Design options (single vs. double …

Modern agriculture faces the dual challenges of feeding a growing human population, while
preserving natural resources and slowing current trends in climate change and its impacts. A …

Climate change might increase plant diseases, reduce crop yields and threaten the
livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers globally. It is thus important to understand the …

Coffee berry disease (CBD) can cause significant coffee yield losses along with major
income losses for African smallholders. Although these farmers cannot afford to purchase …

Coffea canephora (C. canephora) has two botanical varieties, Robusta and Conilon.
Intraspecific variability was hypothesized and projected for the selection of C. canephora …

Coffee berry disease (CBD), anthracnose of green berries of Arabica coffee, chronicles 100
years in 2022. The disease was detected for the first time in Kenya in 1922, and its causal …