It poses a potentially serious threat to coffee crops, but climate change may reduce the prevalence of environmental conditions favorable to its spread.

Die-back is a condition in which a tree or shrub begins to die from the tip of its leaves or roots backwards, owing to disease or an unfavorable environment).

Cold climate, heavy rain, strong wind, and hail are all aggressive weather conditions that increase probability of infection.

The popularity of coffee had an impact on the rise of business and made coffeehouses a hub for the exchange of ideas addition to enjoying a cup in the company of another person.

Ascochyta tarda is known as a noxious pathogen of Arabian or arabica coffee in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Cameroon and some countries in South-east Asia.

Pycnidia are found in the necrotic tissue and tarda refers to the late appearance of septa in conidia and the slow maturing habit of pycnospores (Stewart, 1957).

Immature spores are oval shaped with dimensions 2-3X 4-9 microns may be predominantly or entirely aseptate (Boerema, G.H., de Gruyter, J., Noordeloos, M.M., Hamers, M.E.C., 2004 & Stewart, 1957).