Coffee Biotechnology and Quality: Proceedings of the 3rd International Seminar on Biotechnology in the Coffee Agro-Industry, Londrina, Brazil [Paperback]

Coffee Biotechnology and Quality is a comprehensive volume containing 45 specialised chapters by internationally recognised experts. The book aims to provide a guide for those wishing to learn about recent advances in coffee cultivation and post-harvest technology. It provides a quantitative and rational approach to the major areas of coffee research, including breeding and cloning, tissue culture and genetics, pest control, post-harvest technology and bioconversion of coffee industry residues into commercially valuable products. The chapters review recent experimental work, allowing a conceptual framework for future research to be identified and developed.
The book will be of interest to researchers and students involved in any area of coffee research. Consequently, plant breeders, microbiologists, biotechnologists and biochemical engineers will find the book to be a unique and invaluable guide.General.- 1. Biotechnology and the future of coffee production.- 2. Coffee cultivation in India.- Coffee breeding, tissue culture and genetics.- 3. Breeding and biotechnology of coffee.- 4. Development of coffee cultivars in reduced time by using biotechnology in the ?IAPAR model for high density planting?.- 5. Somatic embryogenesis of coffee.- 6. Biotechnology for genetic improvement of Indian coffee.- 7. Molecular breeding in coffee (Coffea arabica L.).- 8. Study of combining ability and heterosis in coffee.- 9. Microsatellites in Coffea arabica L..- 10. Standardization of encapsulation technique for producing synthetic seeds in coffee.- 11. Field testing of arabica bioreactor-derived plants.- 12. Interspecific protoplast fusion in Coffea.- 13. Biochemical and molecular studies of the main protein in the coffee endosperm.- 14. In vitro embryo culture of Coffea arabica: The influence of NAA and BAP.- 15. DNA markers for coffee tree breeding.- 16. Genetic polymorphism in species and hybrids of Coffea revealed by RAPD.- 17. Genetil&