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The fungus is known as roya, the Spanish word for "coffee rust."
Trouble Brews in Colombia Leslie Josephs 2011
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High humidity has also aided growth of a fungus known as roya that attacks plants' leaves and reduces yields.
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The rains have also generated an increase in a humidity-induced fungus known as roya which damaged some crops.
Toll Mounts in Colombia Mudslides Darcy Crowe 2011
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The governor of prisons was known as the roya-bugyo.
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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The head of press affairs at Fedecafe, Marth Sanchez , said Colombia is increasing the cultivation of plants resistant to roya, a plant disease that has hurt its production in recent years.
Big Harvest May Cool Down Coffee Jean Guerrero 2011
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Encouraged by years of torrential rains, roya has spread throughout Colombia, forcing farmers to pull out their plants and replace them with fungus-resistant seedlings.
Trouble Brews in Colombia Leslie Josephs 2011
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Farmers are battling the worst outbreak of roya since the fungus first arrived in Colombia in the 1980s, he said.
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"If roya hits a tree hard, it takes two years to recover."
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About 46 percent of Antioquia's farms are planted with varieties of coffee vulnerable to roya.
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A disease caused by fungus, known locally as roya, that attacks plants probably peaked last year, Munoz said.
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