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Coffee-Killing Fungus Reanimated To Fight Coffee Wilt Disease – Technology Networks
New research shows that the Fusarium xylarioides fungus likely boosted its ability to infect coffee plants by acquiring genes from a closely related fungus, which…
Coffee Wilt Disease is caused by a fungus that has led to devastating outbreaks since the 1920s in sub-Saharan Africa, and currently affects two of Africas most popular coffee varieties: Arabica and Robusta.
The new research shows that the fungus likely boosted its ability to infect coffee plants by acquiring genes from a closely related fungus, which causes wilt disease on a wide range of crops, including Panama disease in bananas.
The researchers say this knowledge could help farmers reduce the…
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