Ecological quality as a coffee quality enhancer. A review

V Torrez, C Benavides-Frias, J Jacobi… - Agronomy for …, 2023 - Springer
As both coffee quality and sustainability become increasingly important, there is growing
interest in understanding how ecological quality affects coffee quality. Here we analyze, for …

Weeds: an insidious enemy or a tool to boost mycorrhization in cropping systems?

A Trinchera, D Warren Raffa - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Weeds have always been considered an insidious enemy, capable of reducing crop
production. Conversely, the agroecological vision attributes a key role to the spontaneous …

Changing soil characteristics alter the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities of Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) in Ethiopia across a management intensity gradient

M De Beenhouwer, M Van Geel, T Ceulemans… - Soil Biology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Coffee is the most important tropical agricultural commodity worldwide, cultivated in more
than 70 countries. Despite the plant's huge economic importance, there is very limited …

Agroecological coffee management increases arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi diversity

P Prates Júnior, BC Moreira, MCS da Silva… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Agroecology aims to maintain ecosystem services by minimizing the impact of agriculture
and promoting the use of biological potential. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are …

[HTML][HTML] Coffee and shade trees show complementary use of soil water in a traditional agroforestry ecosystem

LE Muñoz-Villers, J Geris… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2020 - hess.copernicus.org
Globally, coffee has become one of the most sensitive commercial crops, being affected by
climate change. Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) grows in traditionally shaded agroforestry …

[PDF][PDF] Checklist of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in tropical forests

F Marinho, IR da Silva, F Oehl, LC Maia - Sydowia, 2018 - researchgate.net
Tropical forests account for about 50% of all world biodiversity, playing a key role in the
functioning of the globe. These forests are divided into six natural vegetation formations …

The mycorrhizal root‐shoot axis elicits Coffea arabica growth under low phosphate conditions

M Chialva, DL Patono, LP de Souza, M Novero… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coffee is one of the most traded commodities world‐wide. As with 70% of land plants, coffee
is associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, but the molecular bases of this …

Effects of soil physical and chemical parameters, and farm management practices on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities and diversities in coffee plantations in …

RH Posada, M Sánchez de Prager… - Agroforestry …, 2018 - Springer
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are essential for growth of coffee plants in acidic and
phosphate deficient soils in Central and South America. We investigated the species …

Effects of native arbuscular mycorrhizal and phosphate-solubilizing fungi on coffee plants

YC Perea Rojas, RM Arias, R Medel Ortiz… - Agroforestry …, 2019 - Springer
The effects of the interaction between arbuscular mycorrhizal and phosphate-solubilizing (P-
solubilizing) fungi on phosphorous availability, acid phosphatase activity, and the growth …

Diversity and Communities of Foliar Endophytic Fungi from Different Agroecosystems of Coffea arabica L. in Two Regions of Veracruz, Mexico

A Saucedo-Garcia, AL Anaya, FJ Espinosa-Garcia… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Over the past 20 years, the biodiversity associated with shaded coffee plantations and the
role of diverse agroforestry types in biodiversity conservation and environmental services …