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RAB C15
High yielding tall variety resistant to rust and coffee berry disease recently released in Rwanda.
Stature: TallOptimal altitude: Medium, HighQuality at high altitude: Very GoodCoffee leaf rust: Intermediate resistance
History & Origin
RAB C15 was released by the Rwandan Agricultural Board in 2015. It a selection of Sln.6, a population created by Indian coffee breeders at Central Coffee Research Institute (CCRI) and distributed to Indian farmers in the 1970s, and which was shared with four African countries (Rwanda, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Uganda) in 2010. Sln.6 originated from an interspecific cross between the C. arabica variety Kent and the C. canephora clone S.274 and then backcrossed to Kent.
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Morphology
- Stature
- Tall
- Leaf tip color
- Green or Bronze
- Bean size
- Large
- Yield potential
- Very High
Altitude & Quality
- Optimal altitude
- Medium, High
- Quality at high altitude
- Very Good
Disease Resistance
- Coffee leaf rust
- Intermediate resistance
- Nematode
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