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Coffee

  • 1st Edition, Volume 114 - January 23, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Fabio daMatta, Jose Cochicho Ramalho
  • Language: English

Coffee, Volume 112 gives the latest updates on one of the premier global traded commodities. With its annual income of approx. USD 200 billion, it supports the livelihoods of nea… Read more

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Description

Coffee, Volume 112 gives the latest updates on one of the premier global traded commodities. With its annual income of approx. USD 200 billion, it supports the livelihoods of nearly 25 million smallholder farmers. In this updated edition, chapters cover The history and genetic diversity of arabica coffee, The importance of wild coffee species in a scenario of climate changes, Coffee plant architecture, Water and heat constraints to coffee ecophysiology and production, The impacts of irradiance on coffee growth and ecophysiology in a context of climate changes, Omic technologies contribution to unveil coffee resilience responses to climate changes, and much more.

Additional chapters delve into Agroforestry as an alternative management system to improve coffee crop sustainability and bean quality, Could breeding of new arabica coffee varieties be a response to the climate change?, Selection, development, and management of robusta coffee genotypes under a climate change perspective, Grafting coffee for productivity and health during a changing climate, Coffee somatic embryogenesis: advances, limitations, and perspectives for mass propagation, and many other topics.

Key features

  • Provides up-to-date reviews on hot topics impacting coffee crop sustainability
  • Updates on the response of coffee crops to environmental conditions and climate change
  • Emphasizes procedures over the production chain, with ultimate goals of achieving more eco-friendly coffee production

Readership

Agronomists, scientists and students from universities, research institutes and industries across the coffee world

Table of contents

1. The history and genetic diversity of arabica coffee
Christophe Montagnon

2. The importance of wild coffee species in a scenario of climate changes
Romain Guyot

3. Coffee plant architecture
Miroslava Rakocevic

4. Water and heat constraints to coffee ecophysiology and production
José D.C. Ramalho

5. The impacts of irradiance on coffee growth and ecophysiology in a context of climate changes
Fábio M. DaMatta

6. Omic technologies contribution to unveil coffee resilience responses to climate changes
Ana I. Ribeiro-Barros

7. Impacts of climate changes in pest and disease incidence on the coffee crop
Jacques Avelino

8. Agroforestry as an alternative management system to improve coffee crop sustainability and bean quality
Anders Ræbild

9. Could breeding of new arabica coffee varieties be a response to the climate change?
B Bertrand

10. Selection, development, and management of robusta coffee genotypes under a climate change perspective
Fábio L. Partelli

11. Grafting coffee for productivity and health during a changing climate
Aske S. Bosselmann

12. Coffee somatic embryogenesis: advances, limitations, and perspectives for mass propagation
Hervé Etienne

13. Regulation of flowering and fruit maturation in coffee
Antonio Chalfun-Junior

14. Managing the coffee crop for flowering synchronization and fruit maturation: agronomic and physiological issues
Cláudio P. Ronchi

15. Genomic research on coffee and its impact on molecular breeding
Luiz Filipe Protasio Pereira

16. Advances in genomics for improving coffee beverage quality
Robert Henry

17. Attributes for beverage quality: agronomic issues
Flávio M. Borém

18. Projected shifts in coffee production and sustainability due to climate changes
Christian Bunn

19. Threats, challenges, and solutions to the coffee crop under climate change scenarios – an industry perspective
Carla Isabel Rodrigues

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 114
  • Published: January 23, 2025
  • Language: English

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