Due to the increasing need for cultivars with high yield and low environmental impact, the introgression of traits related to nutrient utilization efficiency is an important strategy for coffee breeding. In this way, the characterization of accessions from the center of origin is an important tool for breeding programs to gain insight on relevant genotypes with potential interest for production of new cultivars...
Chlorogenic acids (CGAs) are important chemical compounds of Coffea spp. related to beverage quality as they affect its astringency and can change its aroma and flavor. About 310,000 Coffea Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) are available and provide access to the nucleotide variability of the plant and to the development of molecular markers linked to beverage quality for the main enzymes involved in biosynthesis ...