Coffee growing tips: Two fungi that affect coffee harvests

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Coffee drinkers may have heard of bourbon, caturra, typica and other coffee varieties.

What we want to talk about today is a Lempira with less contact, which belongs to one of the varieties of Catimor.

LEMPIRA is a common variety in the west of Honduras (Honduras). It is also the name of a region and local currency in Honduras.

Because Lempira is resistant to leaf rust (leaf rust/ La Roya).

But... Leaf rust was also found in them this year.

Leaf rust (leaf rust/ La Roya)

Lempira is a hybrid of Timor Hybrid 832amp1 and Caturra. (note: Catimore is a hybrid of Timor Hybrid and Caturra.) Because Timor is a hybrid of Robusta and Arabica, Lempira also inherits the disease resistance of ROBUSTA.

The density is similar to that of CATURRA.

The characteristic is that it can be planted in warmer places and can adapt to sour soil. The altitude requirement is only 600-1200 meters.

The tree is short in height but high in yield.

However, mycosis that is not resistant to OJO DE GALLO also requires soil with higher nutrients.

Corns (OJO DE GALLO)-fungal disease, mostly affecting TIMOR varieties

Both fungi affect the coffee harvest. LA ROYA affects the bottom of the leaf and OJO DE GALLO affects the whole leaf and coffee fruit.

Fungi of OJO DE GALLO and affected coffee fruits