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 …

Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages in the world. It is also one of the most
globally traded commodities. Coffee leaf rust (CLR), caused by the biotrophic fungus …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

Coffee is one of the most important plantation crops, grown in about 80 countries across the
world. The genus Coffea comprises approximately 100 species of which only two species …

Morinda officinalis is a well-known medicinal and edible plant that is widely cultivated in the
Lingnan region of southern China. Its dried roots (called bajitian in traditional Chinese …

Coffee is an important crop that provides a livelihood to millions of people living in
developing countries. Production of genotypes with improved coffee quality attributes is a …

Coffee is one of the world's most valuable agricultural export commodities. In particular,
coffee is a key export and cash crop in numerous tropical and subtropical countries having a …

Phosphites (Phi) are inorganic salts of phosphorous acid that have been used as resistance
elicitors to activate mechanisms underlying plant defence. This study assessed the …

Plant aquaporins (AQPs) are involved in the transport of water and other small solutes
across cell membranes, and thus play major roles in the regulation of plant water balance …

The chemical composition of the coffee beverage is extremely complex, being made up of
hundreds of volatile and non-volatile compounds, many of which are generated in the …