While there are many longstanding myths about coffee that should be debunked, there's more to your morning cup-a-joe than you might think. When it comes to coffee there are two primary species: ...

Coffea canephora, commonly known as robusta coffee, exhibits notable genetic diversity that underpins its adaptability to a range of environmental conditions. This diversity is a key resource for ...

Coffee beans consumed across the globe come from two species: Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora. By 2050, about 80% of Arabica production is predicted to decrease because of climate change.

An international research team has sequenced the genome of the coffee plant Coffea canephora. By comparing genes in the coffee, tea and chocolate plants, the scientists show that enzymes involved in ...

Will help develop disease-resistant varieties adaptable to climate change Sequence also key to improving coffee quality Aromatic Geisha variety used for sequencing The first public genome sequence for ...

An international research consortium has assembled the full genome of Arabica (Coffea Arabica). The research also opens new avenues for breeding cultivars with higher quality of coffee and to improve ...

N. Santana, M. E. Gonzalez, M. Valcarcel, A. Canto-Flick, M. M. Hernandez, C. F. J. Fuentes-Cerda, F. Barahona, J. Mijangos-Cortes and V. M. Loyola-Vargas The ...

One leading botanist is scouring remote corners of the earth to find new species that could keep our mugs full An 1896 illustration of Coffea stenophylla in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, which noted ...