Diseases affecting the coffee crop: Elucidating the life cycle of Rust,Thread Blight and Cercospora Leaf Spot

Coffee (Coffea spp.) is the second most significant commodity worldwide, with C. arabica being its representative species. The coffee crop affected by different fungal diseases that reduce photosynthetically active area of leaves and production grains. In order agronomic importance, rust caused biotrophic pathogen Hemileia vastatrix a disease difficult to manage due type reproduction. Another no less important, Thread Blight, basidiomycetes Ceratobasidium noxium (Syn. Corticium koleroga) chavesanum, affects all aerial tissues plants. third disease, Cercospora leaf spot coffeicola, both grains, making it manage. Although there enough scientific information on Rust, very little known about etiology, symptomatology, life cycle, management Blight spot. High-resolution photographs micrographs were used related available information. addition, current each was compiled, that, cycles developed. Likewise, this manuscript describes three based mainly use genetic, cultural, physical, biological, chemical measures their integration as sustainable alternative in agroecosystem. Current future challenges include evaluation cultivars, genetic diversity spp. plant-pathogen interactions, agroecological practices.