As both coffee quality and sustainability become increasingly important, there is growing
interest in understanding how ecological quality affects coffee quality. Here we analyze, for …

Coffee is grown in more than 80 countries as a cash crop and consumed worldwide as a
beverage and food additive. It is susceptible to fungal infection during growth, processing …

Robusta coffee is the primary source of income for millions of smallholder farmers
throughout the world's tropics. The price smallholder farmers can get for their coffee is …

Biodiversity-mediated ecosystem services (ES) support human well-being, but their values
are typically estimated individually. Although ES are part of complex socioecological …

Assessment of crop loss due to multiple diseases and pests (D&P) is a necessary step in
designing sustainable crop management systems. Understanding the drivers of D&P …

Coffee endophytes have been studied for almost 74 years, and several studies have
demonstrated coffee-endophytic fungi with antibacterial and antifungal potential for human …

Crop production often comes at the expense of losses in ecosystem services and
biodiversity; however, this might not always be the case. Here we test the effects of shade …

The antestia bug, Antestiopsis thunbergii (Gmelin 1790) is a major pest of Arabica coffee in
Africa. The bug prefers coffee at the highest elevations, contrary to other major pests. The …

Abstract BACKGROUND Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) is one of the most important
commodities today, with a high economic value worldwide. Coffee leaf rust (Hemileia …

The antestia bug Antestiopsis thunbergii (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is a major pest of
Arabica coffee in African tropical highlands. It feeds on coffee plant vegetative parts and …