Contribution of shade trees to wind dynamics and pathogen dispersal on the edge of coffee agroforestry systems: A functional traits approach

• Published in: Crop protection Vol. 130; p. 105071
• Main Authors: Gagliardi, Stephanie, Avelino, Jacques, Beilhe, Leïla Bagny, Isaac, Marney E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2020
• Subjects: Agroforestry; Coffea arabica; Fungal spore dispersal; Hemileia vastatrix; Leaf functional traits; Throughflow wind speed; Hemileia vastatrix; Leaf functional traits; Throughflow wind speed; Coffea arabica; Fungal spore dispersal; Agroforestry

Through microclimate modifications, coffee agroforestry systems have both facilitative and inhibitory effects on the persistence of Hemileia vastatrix, a major fungal pathogen. Wind, a key element in the dispersal of H. vastatrix uredospores, is affected by shade tree presence, especially at the edg...