Coffee

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

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Series Page
Copyright
Contributors
About the editors
Preface
Chapter One: The history and genetic diversity of cultivated Coffea arabica
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 The birth and reproductive biology of C. arabica
3 Genetic diversity of Coffea arabica
4 Journey of Coffea arabica around the world and historical cultivars
5 Coffea arabica breeding main steps
6 Challenges and opportunities: Some reflections
7 Concluding remarks
References
Chapter Two: Coffee plant architecture
Abstract
Abbreviations
1 Introduction-context and definition of plant architecture
2 Mathematical and computational foundations of plant architecture
3 Coffee plants in the architectural context
4 Concluding remarks
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter Three: Ecophysiological responses of coffee plants to heat and drought, intrinsic resilience and the mitigation effects of elevated air [CO2] in a context of climate changes
Abstract
Abbreviations
1 Introduction – The context
2 Aspects and characteristics of the coffee tree
3 Impacts of main environmental factors on the coffee plant
4 Future perspectives for the coffee crop in the context of predicted climate scenarios
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter Four: Ecophysiology of coffee growth and production in a context of climate changes
Abstract
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 Gas exchanges and coffee bean yields
3 Ecophysiology of shade and unshaded coffee plantations
4 Coffee yields in a climatic change scenario
5 Arabica and Robusta bean yields
6 Remarks on the optimum temperature range for coffee growth and production
7 Concluding remarks and prospects
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter Five: Current advances in Coffea transcriptomic responses to abiotic stresses
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Main transcriptomic developments in coffee and current limitations
3 Main transcriptomic footprints of coffee to stressful abiotic conditions
4 Conclusions and future perspectives
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter Six: Impacts of climate change on pests and diseases of coffee in East Africa and Mesoamerica
Abstract
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 History
3 Pests
4 Diseases
5 Climate change and environment
6 Plausible predictions for the future geographical shift in coffee growing
7 Concluding remarks
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter Seven: Is agroforestry a sustainable management system for future coffee production?
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Social
3 Economic
4 Environment
5 Future
6 Concluding remarks
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter Eight: Breeding of new coffee varieties as a key strategy to improve coffee sustainability in response to the climate change
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Development of a large number of candidate varieties to adapt to GW
3 Prioritised traits and future traits to develop climate-resilient coffee varieties
4 Concluding remarks
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter Nine: A climate change perspective on the selection, development, and management of Coffea canephora genotypes
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Evolution of Coffea canephora production in the world
3 Major Coffea canephora producers
4 Genetic diversity and climate change
5 Shaded cultivation
6 The potential of research and innovation
7 Concluding remarks
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter Ten: Grafting coffee for sustainability: Improving productivity, plant vigour and soil microbiome
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Grafting in agricultural production
3 Grafting in coffee production
4 Potential of coffee breeding and grafting for improved interaction with soil microbes
5 Conclusion and policy implications for coffee development strategies
Funding
References
Chapter Eleven: Coffee somatic embryogenesis: Advances, limitations, and outlook for clonal mass propagation and genetic transformation
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Somatic embryogenesis for mass production and dissemination
3 The potential of OMICS technologies to decipher the molecular mechanisms underlying somatic embryogenesis
4 Somatic embryogenesis for genetic transformation and genome editing
5 Concluding remarks
References
Chapter Twelve: Regulation of Coffea arabica floral development, flowering and fruit maturation by plant growth regulators
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Overview and recent advances in the understanding of coffee reproductive development
3 Auxins (AUX)
4 Cytokinins (CK)
5 Gibberellins (GA)
6 Abscisic acid (ABA)
7 The group of ethylene-related compounds (ETHg): ethylene (ETH), 1-aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid (ACC) and 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP)
8 Concluding remarks
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter Thirteen: Managing the coffee crop for flowering synchronisation and fruit maturation: Agronomic and physiological issues
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical and physiological bases for concentrating coffee blossoming
3 Criteria for synchronising coffee flowering trough water deficit imposition
4 Coffee irrigation strategies to concentrate flowering
5 Flowering synchronisation in Robusta coffee
6 Other agronomical strategies for uniformising coffee fruit ripening
7 Concluding remarks
References
Further reading
Chapter Fourteen: Genomic research on coffee and its impact on molecular breeding
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Coffea spp. reference genomes
3 Applications of modern genomic tools in coffee breeding
4 Biotechnological advances in coffee breeding
5 Concluding remarks
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter Fifteen: Advances in genomics for improving coffee beverage quality
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Overview of beverage quality
3 Genomic and related approaches for coffee quality improvement
4 Genomic information utilised in quality enhancement
5 Future perspectives and challenges
6 Concluding remarks
Funding
References
Chapter Sixteen: Environmental and post-harvest processing factors that impact coffee quality
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Environmental factors affecting coffee quality
3 Coffee harvesting, processing, and drying
4 Concluding remarks
References
Chapter Seventeen: Projected shifts in coffee production and sustainability due to climate changes
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Current findings on projected shifts in coffee production and sustainability
3 Critical discussion of the different methodological approaches
4 How to address knowledge gaps – road map for climate change impact assessment in coffee
5 Concluding remarks
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter Eighteen: Threats, challenges, and solutions to the coffee crop under a climate change scenario – An industry perspective
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Impact of climate change in the ecology of coffee
3 Economics of climate change on global coffee production
4 The implementation of circular economy in the coffee value chain – the Nãm Urban Mushroom Farm case-study
5 How coffee industry is adapting to the emerging future and the urge to climate action
6 How will innovation determine the success and sustainability of coffee production?
7 Conclusions
A Memoir to our Founder, Rui Nabeiro
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