The coffee production chain has great socio-economic importance in Brazil, generating foreign exchange with great job-generating capacity. The Brazilian coffee production is circa 2.863 k tons and coffee research has contributed to the development of new technologies in order to increase yield. However, the size of plots used for coffee experiments has been variable and mostly based on the empirical researcher'...
This work aims to select clones of conilon coffee for the mechanized harvesting process. The study was carried out in a commercial coffee plantation in the city of São Mateus. The coffee trees were planted at a spacing of 3.5 between cultivation lines and 0.5 between plants. The characteristics were evaluated: Productivity in 60kg bags benefited per hectare (sc.ha-1); Defoliation in kg of leaf mass detached fro...
Brazil is known for production and worldwide export of coffees. Study of adaptation of new progenies/cultivars of Arabica coffee (C. arabica L.) with resistance to rust in mountainous edaphoclimatic conditions is important for crop renewal and also for new plantations. This study was performed in the mountainous region of the Espírito Santo state, Brazil, with 30 progenies/cultivars of Arabica coffee planted at...