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Economic Significance of Coffee (Coffee Arabica) Production in Parbat District of Nepal

This study considered the production economics of coffee in Pakuwa village development committee of Parbat district, Nepal. Household Survey was done in June 2014. Data collection was done using semi-structured pre-tested questionnaire administered on 40 coffee producers selected randomly. Gross margin analysis, profitability index and the benefit-cost ratio was used to analyze the production e...

Coffee Berry Borer Resistance in Coffee Genotypes

The aim of this study was to evaluate the coffee germplasm of the Paraná Agronomic Institute (IAPAR) for resistance to the coffee-berry-borer. Preliminary field evaluation was performed in August 2004 and the fruits of less damaged genotypes in the field were evaluated under controlled condition with obligated and free choice experiments established in a randomized complete design with three re...

Determination Of Coffee Content In Coffee Mixtures

The Malaysian Food Regulations 1985 [1] states that coffee mixtures must contain not less than 50 percent coffee. Caffeine content of a coffee mixture is usually used to indicate its coffee level. In this study, coffee content of coffee mixtures was determined based on caffeine concentrations using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Caffeine recoveries from spiked standard coffee mi...

Somatic Embryogenesis in Coffee: The Evolution of Biotechnology and the Integration of Omics Technologies Offer Great Opportunities

One of the most important crops cultivated around the world is coffee. There are two main cultivated species, Coffea arabica and C. canephora. Both species are difficult to improve through conventional breeding, taking at least 20 years to produce a new cultivar. Biotechnological tools such as genetic transformation, micropropagation and somatic embryogenesis (SE) have been extensively studied ...