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Epidemic - coffee rust

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Hemileia vastatrix

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coffee rust

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Consequences of coffee rust epidemic

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- limited genetic variation in western hemisphere -resistant varieties are low quality -races form -LOTS of damage and billions of dollars

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Rust

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Hemileia vastatrix , native to Ethiopia

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first coffee house

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1500s - Arabia, Egypt, Turkey

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Urediniospore

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In rust fungi, gives the orange color

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H. Marshall Ward

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warned about the dangers of monoculture!

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In 1875 ____ replaced the coffee trees

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tea plants

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Factors that caused the epidemic

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-no fungicides ( late 1800s) -plantations -wind dispersed

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coffee rusts spreads by ____ dispersal

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wind

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Coffee plant

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Coffee arabica

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Ceylon

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1870 - occupied by British, grew coffee here

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lessons learned

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-monoculture = BAD -Dense planting = don't do it!

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First major importer or Coffee

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Dutch

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