Introduction

Introduction
    COFFEE (Coffea spp)cof1
    FAMILY: Rubiaceae,
  • Arabica coffee = Coffea arabica =

    2n= 44 = a tetraploid and self pollinated- 80 per cent of world coffee

  • Robusta coffee = Coffea canephora =

    2n=22 a diploid – self sterile and cross pollinated. Nearly 20 per cent (Suited for instant coffee and generally utilized for cherry coffee. Tree coffee= Coffea liberica

  • Coffea bengalensis =

    Tree coffee Wild in Bengal, Myanmar (Burma) and Sumatra Occasionally cultivated in India

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