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As coffee leaf rust spreads across state, Hawaii farmers race to save their crops

As coffee leaf rust spreads across state, Hawaii farmers race to save their crops Samie Solina © Provided by Honolulu KHNL More than a month has passed since the devastating coffee leaf rust fungus was detected in Hawaii and the state’s farming community is still looking for a viable solution in their fight against the plant disease. According to the state Department of Agriculture, the devastating fungus that can cause severe defoliation of coffee plants is still in its early days of infection. “Think of this as the first phases of the first wave of the COVID pandemic,” said Darcy Oishi, the acting manager for the Plant Pest Control Branch at the Department of Agriculture.

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