Breeding goals: quality, yield, resilience
This topic explains the main goals of modern coffee breeding—improving cup quality, increasing yield, and enhancing resilience—and how these often competing priorities shape the future of coffee.
Cup quality
Clonal vs seed propagation
This topic explains the two main methods of propagating coffee—clonal propagation and seed propagation—highlighting their differences, advantages, disadvantages, and implications for coffee farming.
Selection and propagation practices
This topic explains how coffee varieties are selected and propagated, the methods used to maintain genetic integrity, and the role of nurseries and farmers in ensuring healthy plantations.
Hybrid development and F1 hybrids
This topic explains how coffee hybrids are developed, the role of F1 hybrids in combining resilience and quality, and their significance for the future of global coffee cultivation.
Castillo and disease resistance breeding
This topic explains the development of the Castillo variety in Colombia, its role in combating coffee leaf rust, and the broader importance of disease resistance breeding in coffee sustainability.
Pacamara and Pacas traits
This topic explores the Pacas and Pacamara coffee varieties, their origins in El Salvador, their distinctive traits, and their importance in specialty coffee cultivation.