Performance of Coffea arabica F1 hybrids in agroforestry and full-sun cropping systems in comparison with American pure line cultivars

Euphytica

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-158

  Bertrand, B ^a,g   Alpizar, E ^b   Lara, L ^c   SantaCreo, R ^d   Hidalgo, M ^e   Quijano, J M ^f   Montagnon, C ^a   Georget, F ^a   Etienne, H ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Café Total ^*  (Costa Rica)

^c ECOM Coffee Group Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^d Inst Hondureno del Cafe   (Honduras)

^e Instituto del Cafe de Costa Rica ICAFE   (Costa Rica)

^f Fundación Salvadoreña para la investigación del Café PROCAFE   (El Salvador)

^g Campus International de Baillarguet   (France)

Author keywords

Agroforestry system; Coffee; Ecological innovation; Hybrids; Productivity

Indexed keywords

COFFEA ARABICA;

EID: 80051690822     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-011-0372-7     Document Type: Article

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