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Casiopea
קסיופאהHigh yielding variety, with exceptional quality at elevations above 1300 meters.
Stature: Dwarf/CompactOptimal altitude: HighQuality at high altitude: ExceptionalCoffee leaf rust: Low resistance/susceptible
History & Origin
A first-generation (F1) hybrid originating from a cross between Caturra and an Ethiopian landrace from the CATIE collection (accession ET41). The variety was created by a consortium including French research institute CIRAD, a regional network of national coffee institutes in Central America (PROMECAFE), and CATIE. F1 hybrid varieties are still relatively new in coffee agriculture; only a handful have become commercially available to farmers in the last 15 years, and only in select countries.
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Morphology
- Stature
- Dwarf/Compact
- Leaf tip color
- Bronze
- Bean size
- Large
- Yield potential
- High
Altitude & Quality
- Optimal altitude
- High
- Quality at high altitude
- Exceptional
Disease Resistance
- Coffee leaf rust
- Low resistance/susceptible
- Nematode
- Susceptible
- Coffee berry disease
- Susceptible
Agronomy
- Year of first production
- Year 3
- Nutrition requirement
- High
- Ripening
- Average
- Cherry to green outturn
- Very High
- Planting density
- 4000-5000 plants/ha (using single-stem pruning)
Genetics
- Genetic group
- F1 hybrid (not introgressed)
- Lineage
- Caturra x Ethiopian wild accession "ET41" (CATIE collection)
- Breeder
- CIRAD-CATIE-ICAFE-IHCAFE-PROCAFE-ANACAFE
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