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THE anthracnose of green coffee berries known in East Africa as “coffee berry disease” (CBD) causes severe losses in African countries which grow coffee. In Kenya the economic loss last season was estimated at £3,000,000 or some 20 per cent of the overall crop. To this must be added another £250,000—the cost of control measures1.
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HOCKING, D., JOHANNS, J. & VERMEULEN, H. Ascospore Production, Discharge and Infection by Glomerella cingulata causing Coffee Berry Disease. Nature 214, 1144–1145 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141144a0
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