Hemileia vastatrix

TaxID: 203904

Basic Information

Hemileia vastatrix

Leaf rust of coffee, Rust of Coffee, coffee rust

Hemileia vastatrix is a multicellular basidiomycete fungus of the order Pucciniales (previously also known as Uredinales) that causes coffee leaf rust (CLR), a disease affecting the coffee plant. Coffee serves as the obligate host of coffee rust, that is, the rust must have access to and come into physical contact with coffee (Coffea sp.) in order to survive. CLR is one of the most economically important diseases of coffee, worldwide. Previous epidemics have destroyed coffee production of entire countries. In more recent history, an epidemic in Central America in 2012 reduced the region's coffee output by 16%. The primary pathological mechanism of the fungus is a reduction in the plant's ability to derive energy through photosynthesis by covering the leaves with fungus spores and/or causing leaves to drop from the plant. The reduction in photosynthetic ability (plant's metabolism) results in a reduction in quantity and quality of flower and fruit production, which ultimately reduces the beverage quality.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Basidiomycota

Pucciniomycetes

Pucciniales

Zaghouaniaceae

Hemileia

vastatrix

nan

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Carvalho et al.@BY
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(c) Desiree L. Narango@BY
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(c) Smartse@BY-SA
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(c) Carvalho et al.@BY
Hemileia vastatrix
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(c) Carvalho et al.@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (2 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Coffea arabica Host
Coffea canephora Host

Quarantine Status (11 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Antigua and Barbuda Quarantine pests —
Bangladesh Quarantine pests —
Grenada Quarantine pests —
Saint Kitts and Nevis Quarantine pests —
Mexico Quarantine pests 2018
New Caledonia Quarantine pests —
Nepal Quarantine pests —
French Polynesia Quarantine pests —
Sao Tome and Principe Quarantine pests —
Trinidad and Tobago Quarantine pests —
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Distribution (79 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

77
Present
2
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Angola Present —
Argentina Present —
American Samoa Present —
Burundi Present —
Benin Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Belize Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present
Brunei Darussalam Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_004125335.1 Scaffold 543 8 9 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR1124793 - - - 81542982 -
SRR17583174 - - - - Brazil: Vicosa
SRR17583173 - - - 5632687 Brazil: Vicosa

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature