Production of a new low-caffeine hybrid coffee and the biochemical mechanism of low caffeine accumulation

Euphytica

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-142

  Nagai, Chifumi ^a   Rakotomalala, Jean Jacques ^b   Katahira, Riko ^c   Li, Yeyun ^d   Yamagata, Katsuya ^e   Ashihara, Hiroshi ^f  

^a HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b FOFIFA   (Madagascar)

^c TOKYO KASEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UCC Ueshima Coffee Co Ltd   (Japan)

^f OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caffeine biosynthesis; Caffeine degradation; Coffea arabica; Coffea canephora; Coffea eugenioides; Interspecific hybrid

Indexed keywords

COFFEA ARABICA; COFFEA CANEPHORA; COFFEA EUGENIOIDES;

EID: 54849202500     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-008-9674-9     Document Type: Article

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