Diseases of Coffee
(Coffea arabica L. - arabica coffee)
(Coffea canephora Pierre ex Froehner - robusta coffee)

J. M. Waller, primary collator (last update 10/29/98)

Anthracnose

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Penz

(teleomorph = Glomerella cingulata (Stonem.) Spauld, &
    Shrenk.)

Colleotrichum kahawae Waller & Bridge

Armillaria root rot

Armillaria mellea (Vahl ex Fries) Kummer

Algal (red) leaf spot

Cephaleuros virescens Kunze

Bacterial blight

Pseudomonas syringae pv garcae (Amaral et al) Young et al 1978

Bark disease

Fusarium stilboides Wollenw.

(teleomorph = Gibberella stilboides)

Berry blotch

Cercospora coffeicola Berk. & Cke

Black (Rosellinia) root rot

Rosellinia spp.

Black (seedling) root rot

Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn.

Blister spot

Virus (uncharacterised)

Brown blight

Colleotrichum gloeosporioides Penz.

(teleomorph = Glomerella cingulata (Stonem.) Spauld. &
    Schrenk

Colletotrichum kahawae Waller & Bridge

Brown eye spot

Cercospora coffeicola Berk. & Cke

Brown leaf spot

Phoma costarricensis Ech.

Canker

Ceratocystis fimbriata (Ell. & Halst.) Hunt

Phomopsis coffeae Bondarzeva-Monteverde

Collar rot

Fusarium stilboides Wollenz

(telemorph = Gibberella stilboides)

Coffee berry disease

Colletotrichum kahawae Waller & Bridge

Die-back

Ascochta tarda Stewart

Physiological effect of overbearing

Often exacerbated by rust

Dry root rot

Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc.

Hot and cold disease

Physiologic effect of exposure to extremes of temperature – common at high altitudes

Leaf blight

Ascochyta tarda Stewart

Leaf spot

Phyllosticta coffeicola Speg.

Pink disease

Corticium salmonicola Berk. & Br.

Red blister disease (robusta coffee)

Cercospora coffeicola Berk. & Br.

Red root rot

Ganoderma philippi (Bres & P. Henn.) Bres.

Root knot

Meloidogyne spp.

Rust (orange or leaf rust)

Hemileia vastatrix Berk. & Br.

Rust (powdery or grey rust)

Hemileia coffeicola Mauble. & Rog.

South America leaf spot

Mycena citricola (Berk. & Curt.) (=Omphalia flavida Maubl, & Rang. Anamorph = Stilbum flavidum Cke)

Thread blight

Corticium koleroga (Cke) Hoehnel

Tip blast

Phoma costarricensis Ech.

Tracheomycosis (Wilt)

Gibberella xylarioides Heim & Saccas

(anamorph = Fusarium eylarioides Steyaert)

Wilt

Ceratocystis fimbriata (Ell. & Halst.) Hunt

Fusarium oxysporum Schl. f. sp. Coffea (Garcia) Wellman

Warty berry

Botrytis cinerea Pers. Ex Fries var. coffeae Hendr.