Coffee Wilt DiseaseJ. Flood This book represents a compilation of the current knowledge of various aspects of coffee wilt disease (CWD) including information about the pathogen and its management. It covers the status of CWD in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania; the socio-economic impact of CWD; the biology, taxonomy and epidemiology of the CWD pathogen Gibberella xylarioides sensu lato; the host-pathogen interactions in Coffea-G. xylarioides pathosystem; management of CWD; breeding for resistance against CWD; and extension approaches and information dissemination for CWD management in Africa (with emphasis on experiences from Ethiopia). |
Contents
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2 Coffee Wilt Disease in Democratic Republic of Congo | 7 |
3 Coffee Wilt Disease in Uganda | 28 |
4 Coffee Wilt Disease in Ethiopia | 50 |
5 Status of Coffee Wilt Disease in Tanzania | 69 |
6 SocioEconomic Impact of Coffee Wilt Disease | 83 |
The colour plate | 84 |
7 Biology Taxonomy and Epidemiology of the Coffee Wilt Pathogen Gibberella xylarioides sensu lato | 99 |
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Africa Agricultural Research agronomic arabica coffee areas artificial inoculation Bieysse CAB International CABI canephora clones Coffea arabica Coffea canephora coffee farms coffee fields coffee production Coffee Research coffee sector coffee stem Coffee Wilt Disease Congo conidia countries crop cultivars CWD management CWD-resistant dissemination districts DR Congo epidemic Ethiopia excelsa export extension workers farmers Fungicide fungus Fusarium xylarioides genetic genotypes germplasm Gibberella xylarioides Girma Graaff Hakiza Hindorf host incidence of CWD infected coffee trees infected plant inoculum Isiro Jimma Kagera Kagera region Karagwe Kilambo liberica management of CWD methods Mukono Mukono district mulching Muleba Musoli North Kivu observed outbreak pathogen perithecia pests Phiri plantations planting materials Plate programme pruning RCWP region replanting reported robusta coffee root screening seedlings slashing soil stakeholders strains strategies studies susceptible symptoms Tanzania tion tracheomycosis UCDA Uganda uprooting and burning varieties weeding wounds xylarioides isolates Yangambi