Open Access

REVIEW

Coffee Leaf Rust (Hemileia vastatrix) Disease in Coffee Plants and Perspectives by the Disease Control

by Alexis Salazar-Navarro¹, Victor Ruiz-Valdiviezo², Jose Joya-Dávila³, Daniel Gonzalez-Mendoza^1,*

1 Instituto de Ciencias Agrícolas de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (ICA-UABC), Nuevo León, Baja California, 21705, México
2 Laboratorio de Biología Molecular del Instituto Tecnológico Nacional de Tuxtla Gutierrez (TecNM), Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, 29050, México
3 Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas Campus V. Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas (UNACH), Villaflores, Chiapas, 30470, México

* Corresponding Author: Daniel Gonzalez-Mendoza. Email:

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance in Crop)

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany 2024, 93(5), 923-949. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2024.049612

Received 12 January 2024; Accepted 02 April 2024; Issue published 28 May 2024

Abstract

Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR) is caused by Hemileia vastatrix in Coffea spp. It is one of the most dangerous phytopathogens for coffee plantations in terms of coffee productivity and coffee cup quality. In this review, we resume the problem of CLR in Mexico and the pathogenesis of H. vastatrix. The review abord plant-pathogen interactions which lead a compatible or incompatible interactions and result in CLR disease or resistance, respectively. The review abord Coffea spp. defense response pathways involved in H. vastatrix pathogenicity. Additionally, current measures to control H. vastatrix proliferation and germination were aborded focused on phytosanitary actions, and biological and chemical control. Finally, new trendlines to reduce the impact of CLR as nanoparticles and nanotechnology were analyzed.

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