Genomics of Coffee One of the World’s Largest Traded Commodities

Abstract

Coffee is one of the world's most valuable agricultural export commodities. In particular, coffee is a key export and cash crop in numerous tropical and subtropical countries having a generally favorable impact on the social and physical environment. While coffee species belong to the Rubiaceae family, one of the largest tropical angiosperm families, commercial production relies mainly on two species, Coffea arabica L. and Coffea canephora Pierre, known as Robusta. Although a considerable genetic diversity is potentially available, coffee breeding is still a long and difficult process. Nevertheless, genomic approaches offer feasible strategies to decipher the genetic and molecular bases of important biological traits in coffee tree species that are relevant to the growers, processors, and consumers. This knowledge is fundamental to allow efficient use and preservation of coffee genetic resources for the development of improved cultivars in terms of quality and reduced economic and environmental costs. This review focuses on the recent progress of coffee genomics in relation to crop improvement.

Potential antioxidant of brazilian coffee from the region of Cerrado

“…Coffee is considered the most important alimentary raw material in the world and is produced extensively in about 60 tropical and subtropical countries (Lashermes et al, 2008;Vieira, 2008). Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world, accounting for 30%of the international market, and the second largest coffee consumer, just behind the United States (Brasil, 2014).…”

Influence of Roasting Conditions on the Antioxidant Characteristics of Colombian Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Beans

“…Commercial production is mainly divided between two species: Coffea arabica L and C. canephora Pierre. C. arabica is noted for its low caffeine content and fine aroma and accounts for 65% of the world coffee production (Lashermens et al 2008). The world coffee trade made a profit of $16.5 billion in export earnings in 2010, and around 600 billion cups of coffee are consumed every year (International Coffee Organization 2011).…”

Genomic expression dominance in the natural allopolyploid Coffea arabica is massively affected by growth temperature

“…, 2011). For C. arabica , public accessibility to EST collections was limited (Lashermes et al. , 2008) and no EST resources were available for C. eugenioides .…”