From crop to cup – a new genetic map could make your morning coffee more climate resilient

With their superior smooth taste and many fine varieties, arabica coffee beans make up around 60%-70% of global coffee production.

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Incidence, USD, Arabica, Animal, Farmer, Plant, Genetic code, Parent, Coffee, Climate change, University, Chromosome, Human, Genetics, Coffea, Genome, Family, Medicine, Heterosis, Disease resistance, Breeding, DNA, Caledonia
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ETHIOPIA, BRAZIL, ITALY, LATIN AMERICA, INDIA, PORTUGAL
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  • With their superior smooth taste and many fine varieties, arabica coffee beans make up around 60%-70% of global coffee production.
  • Coffee cultivation also directly supports the livelihoods of 25 million family farmers with another 100 million people involved in coffee processing and retailing.
  • This study could help produce coffee varieties with higher yields and more resilience to climate change.
  • With more detailed information about the genetic makeup of coffee, researchers can begin to use these methods to improve coffee varieties.
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