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.
Guatemala's National Coffee Association, or Anacafe, announced the existence of a new coffee variety resistant to the leaf rust fungus.
The plant, dubbed Anacafe-14, was...