TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – A new outbreak of the destructive coffee leaf rust fungus, known as roya, could damage the next Honduran coffee harvest if preventative measures are not taken against it quickly, reports Reuters quoting the leading national coffee industry associations.
Coffee growers recently detected the new roya strain in the IHCAFE-90 and Parainema seed varieties, which together with the Lempira were sown in 65 percent of the country to resist the fungus, says the same source.
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