Protecting the origins of coffee to safeguard its future

Zia Mehrabi; Philippe Lashermes

doi:10.1038/nplants.2016.209

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Protecting the origins of coffee to safeguard its future

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Protecting the origins of coffee to safeguard its future

Zia Mehrabi and Philippe Lashermes

Nature Plants, Vol.3(1)

06/01/2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2016.209

PMID: 28059074

Abstract

Plant science

Coffee

Forest

Forecasting

Conservation of Natural Resources

Genetic variation

Agriculture

Conservation genomics

Global demand for coffee is constantly rising while the security of its production is increasingly threatened by disease and a changing climate. Is the genetic diversity of coffee in Ethiopia, its site of origin, robust enough to provide solutions to these challenges?

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Title: Protecting the origins of coffee to safeguard its future
Creators - without role: Zia Mehrabi - University of British Columbia
Philippe Lashermes - Université de Montpellier, Diversité, Adaptation et Développement des plantes - DIADE
Publication Details: Nature Plants, Vol.3(1)
Identifiers: 9942525309311
Academic Unit: Diversité, Adaptation et Développement des plantes - DIADE
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-03377807