Possible wind transport of coffee leaf rust across the Atlantic Ocean

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Bowden, J., Gregory, P. H. and Johnson, C. G. 1971. Possible wind transport of coffee leaf rust across the Atlantic Ocean. Nature. 229 (5285), pp. 500-501. https://doi.org/10.1038/229500b0

AuthorsBowden, J., Gregory, P. H. and Johnson, C. G.
Abstract

COFFEE leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix Berk. and Br.), for long widespread in Asia and Africa, can devastate crops of Coffea arabica. The fungus spread rapidly in West Africa between 1952 and 1962, but the New World seemed free from it until 1970 when it was found scattered over a wide area in Bahia, Brazil, where its consequences may be serious. Indeed, in an attempt to protect the valuable crop farther south, a quarantine belt is being established 500 miles long and 30 miles wide from Rio de Janeiro to beyond Bello Horizonte in which all coffee trees are being destroyed
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Year of Publication1971
JournalNature
Journal citation229 (5285), pp. 500-501
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1038/229500b0
PublisherNature Publishing Group
ISSN0028-0836

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