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Dispersal of Coffee Rust Hemileia vastatrix B. et Br.

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RAYNER1 has recently stated that uredospores of Hemileia vastatrix can be dislodged from pustules by sudden mechanical shock. In this he is in agreement with Nutman, Roberts, and Bock2, and with Bock3.

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NUTMAN, F., ROBERTS, F. Dispersal of Coffee Rust Hemileia vastatrix B. et Br.. Nature 194, 1296 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1941296a0

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