Shaded-coffee: A nature-based strategy for coffee production under climate change? A review

A Koutouleas, T Sarzynski, M Bordeaux… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Coffee is deemed to be a high-risk crop in light of upcoming climate changes. Agroforestry
practices have been proposed as a nature-based strategy for coffee farmers to mitigate and …

An Overview of the Mechanisms Involved in Coffee-Hemileia vastatrix Interactions: Plant and Pathogen Perspectives

MC Silva, L Guerra-Guimarães, I Diniz, A Loureiro… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages in the world. It is also one of the most
globally traded commodities. Coffee leaf rust (CLR), caused by the biotrophic fungus …

The genome and population genomics of allopolyploid Coffea arabica reveal the diversification history of modern coffee cultivars

J Salojärvi, A Rambani, Z Yu, R Guyot, S Strickler… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Coffea arabica, an allotetraploid hybrid of Coffea eugenioides and Coffea canephora, is the
source of approximately 60% of coffee products worldwide, and its cultivated accessions …

Shade effects on yield across different Coffea arabica cultivars — how much is too much? A meta-analysis

A Koutouleas, T Sarzynski, B Bertrand… - Agronomy for …, 2022 - Springer
The coffee research community has maintained a long ongoing debate regarding the
implications of shade trees in coffee production. Historically, there has been contrasting …

Unveiling a unique genetic diversity of cultivated Coffea arabica L. in its main domestication center: Yemen

C Montagnon, A Mahyoub, W Solano… - Genetic Resources and …, 2021 - Springer
Whilst it is established that almost all cultivated coffee (Coffea arabica L.) varieties originated
in Yemen after some coffee seeds were introduced into Yemen from neighboring Ethiopia …

Somatic embryogenesis of Arabica coffee in temporary immersion culture: Advances, limitations, and perspectives for mass propagation of selected genotypes

ME Aguilar, X Wang, M Escalona, L Yan… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Culture in temporary immersion systems (TIS) is a valuable tool for the semi-automation of
high frequency somatic embryogenesis of coffee. This system allows the intermittent …

Deciphering Early Movements and Domestication of Coffea arabica through a Comprehensive Genetic Diversity Study Covering Ethiopia and Yemen

C Montagnon, F Sheibani, T Benti, D Daniel, AD Bote - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
The coffee species Coffea arabica is facing numerous challenges regarding climate change,
pests and disease pressure. Improved varieties will be part of the solution. Making optimal …

Flower-Visiting insects ensure coffee yield and quality

JH Gómez, P Benavides, JD Maldonado, J Jaramillo… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: The participation of insects in the pollination of self-pollinating plants, such
as coffee, is still controversial. This study determined the effect of flower-visiting insects on …

Effects of interspecific grafting of Coffea arabica and elevation on coffee growth, yield, and quality attributes in Costa Rica

A Koutouleas, C Blunt, A Bregar, JK Hansen… - Scientia …, 2023 - Elsevier
Interspecific grafting of Coffea arabica scions on C. canephora rootstock has been proposed
as a strategy against nematode infestation, but also for cultivation of coffee under …

Description of an Arabica coffee ideotype for agroforestry cropping systems: A guideline for breeding more resilient new varieties

JC Breitler, H Etienne, S Léran, L Marie, B Bertrand - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Climate change (CC) is already impacting Arabica coffee cultivation in the intertropical zone.
To deal with this situation, it is no longer possible to manage this crop using industrial …