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Diseases of Coffee
(Coffea arabica L. - arabica coffee)
(Coffea canephora Pierre ex Froehner - robusta coffee)

J. M. Waller, primary collator (last update 10/29/98)

Anthracnose
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Penz
(teleomorph = Glomerella cingulata (Stonem.) Spauld, &
    Shrenk.)
Colleotrichum kahawae Waller & Bridge
Armillaria root rot
Armillaria mellea (Vahl ex Fries) Kummer
Algal (red) leaf spot
Cephaleuros virescens Kunze
Bacterial blight
Pseudomonas syringae pv garcae (Amaral et al) Young et al 1978
Bark disease
Fusarium stilboides Wollenw.
(teleomorph = Gibberella stilboides)
Berry blotch
Cercospora coffeicola Berk. & Cke
Black (Rosellinia) root rot
Rosellinia spp.
Black (seedling) root rot
Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn.
Blister spot
Virus (uncharacterised)
Brown blight
Colleotrichum gloeosporioides Penz.
(teleomorph = Glomerella cingulata (Stonem.) Spauld. &
    Schrenk
Colletotrichum kahawae Waller & Bridge
Brown eye spot
Cercospora coffeicola Berk. & Cke
Brown leaf spot
Phoma costarricensis Ech.
Canker
Ceratocystis fimbriata (Ell. & Halst.) Hunt
Phomopsis coffeae Bondarzeva-Monteverde
Collar rot
Fusarium stilboides Wollenz
(telemorph = Gibberella stilboides)
Coffee berry disease
Colletotrichum kahawae Waller & Bridge
Die-back
Ascochta tarda Stewart
Physiological effect of overbearing
Often exacerbated by rust
Dry root rot
Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc.
Hot and cold disease
Physiologic effect of exposure to extremes of temperature – common at high altitudes
Leaf blight
Ascochyta tarda Stewart
Leaf spot
Phyllosticta coffeicola Speg.
Pink disease
Corticium salmonicola Berk. & Br.
Red blister disease (robusta coffee)
Cercospora coffeicola Berk. & Br.
Red root rot
Ganoderma philippi (Bres & P. Henn.) Bres.
Root knot
Meloidogyne spp.
Rust (orange or leaf rust)
Hemileia vastatrix Berk. & Br.
Rust (powdery or grey rust)
Hemileia coffeicola Mauble. & Rog.
South America leaf spot
Mycena citricola (Berk. & Curt.) (=Omphalia flavida Maubl, & Rang. Anamorph = Stilbum flavidum Cke)
Thread blight
Corticium koleroga (Cke) Hoehnel
Tip blast
Phoma costarricensis Ech.
Tracheomycosis (Wilt)
Gibberella xylarioides Heim & Saccas
(anamorph = Fusarium eylarioides Steyaert)
Wilt
Ceratocystis fimbriata (Ell. & Halst.) Hunt
Fusarium oxysporum Schl. f. sp. Coffea (Garcia) Wellman
Warty berry
Botrytis cinerea Pers. Ex Fries var. coffeae Hendr.