Developing varieties of Arabica coffee
eBook - PDF

Developing varieties of Arabica coffee

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Developing varieties of Arabica coffee

Book details
Table of contents
Citations

About This Book

About 60% of the annual world coffee production is harvested from Arabica (Coffea arabica) coffee, with the remainder harvested from Robusta (C. canephora) coffee. The former is superior in beverage quality, but more expensive to cultivate. The demand for quality coffees is steadily increasing, but anticipated climate change may jeopardize the sustainability of Arabica coffee production. This chapter reviews the achievements of several coffee research centres in conserving and evaluating genetic resources and variety development in Arabica coffee. It then discusses the main preconditions for successful next-generation variety development. These are related to genetic variation, disease and pest resistances, tolerance to abiotic stress factors, beverage quality and cost-effective mass propagation of hybrid cultivars. Breeders will have to combine classic selection methods with advanced genetic and genomic technologies in order to meet the challenge of developing resilient (hybrid) cultivars for sustainable, climate-change-tolerant Arabica coffee production.

Frequently asked questions

Simply head over to the account section in settings and click on “Cancel Subscription” - it’s as simple as that. After you cancel, your membership will stay active for the remainder of the time you’ve paid for. Learn more here.
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlego’s features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan you’ll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes, you can access Developing varieties of Arabica coffee by Herbert A.M. van der Vossen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Sustainable Agriculture. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Year
2018
ISBN
9781838793760
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Sustainable Agriculture
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 Genetic resources
  3. 3 Breeding strategies
  4. 4 Major Arabica coffee-breeding programmes
  5. 5 Preconditions to successful next-generation cultivars of Arabica coffee: genetic variation and resistance to diseases and pests
  6. 6 Preconditions to successful next-generation cultivars of Arabica coffee: further issues
  7. 7 Conclusions
  8. 8 Where to look for further information
  9. 9 Abbreviations
  10. 10 References