Recent research into the biology of the fungi causing coffee berry disease and coffee leaf rust has resulted in a better understanding of the spread of these diseases under East African conditions and of the steps necessary for their control. In both cases timely checking of the organisms in advance of their phases of rapid proliferation and dispersal was more effective than relying merely on protective spraying of the plants.
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