Coffee Rust in Mexico. Guillermo Fraire Vazquez, Programa de Cacao, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas, Centro de Investigaciones Agrícolas del Pacífico Sur. Apartado Postal 96, Tapachula, Chiapas, México. Plant Dis. 67:450. Accepted for publication 15 June 1982. Copyright 1983 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-67-450.

Coffee rust was found in Mexico for the first time in July 1981. It is currently known in 180 different locations in the state of Chiapas.