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Article

Progeny Selection to Develop a Sustainable Arabica Coffee Cultivar

by
Priscila Carvalho Moreira
1,
Juliana Costa de Rezende Abrahão
2,*,
Antonio Carlos da Mota Porto
3,
Denis Henrique Silva Nadaleti
2,
Flávia Maria Avelar Gonçalves
3,
Gladyston Rodrigues Carvalho
2 and
Cesar Elias Botelho
2
1
Department of Agriculture, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras 37200-900, MG, Brazil
2
Southern Minas Regional Unit, Agricultural Research Corporation of Minas Gerais (Epamig), Lavras 37200-900, MG, Brazil
3
Department of Biology, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras 37200-900, MG, Brazil
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Agronomy 2022, 12(5), 1144; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12051144
Submission received: 15 February 2022 / Revised: 24 March 2022 / Accepted: 6 April 2022 / Published: 9 May 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Coffee—from Plant to Cup)

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the most efficient way to select F4:5 progenies derived from the Icatu and Catimor groups of Coffea arabica and to study the genotypic correlations between the traits related to coffee grain physical quality, diseases, and productivity. A combination of the predicted additive values for production capacity when considering seven harvests and a simultaneous selection for a high sieve percentage and resistance to specific diseases during the last harvest was used. Analyses that selected progenies without considering the genotype × harvest interaction provided inaccurate results, distorting the progeny ranking. Coffee leaf rust and brown eye spot were correlated, showing the possibility of simultaneously selecting for resistance to both diseases. Of the 68 progenies studied here, five showed satisfactory agronomic traits. Our findings will contribute substantially to the development of new coffee cultivars that will allow us to reduce pesticide use.
Keywords: Coffea arabica; coffee leaf rust; brown eye spot disease Coffea arabica; coffee leaf rust; brown eye spot disease

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Moreira, P.C.; de Rezende Abrahão, J.C.; Porto, A.C.d.M.; Nadaleti, D.H.S.; Gonçalves, F.M.A.; Carvalho, G.R.; Botelho, C.E. Progeny Selection to Develop a Sustainable Arabica Coffee Cultivar. Agronomy 2022, 12, 1144. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12051144

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Moreira PC, de Rezende Abrahão JC, Porto ACdM, Nadaleti DHS, Gonçalves FMA, Carvalho GR, Botelho CE. Progeny Selection to Develop a Sustainable Arabica Coffee Cultivar. Agronomy. 2022; 12(5):1144. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12051144

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Moreira, Priscila Carvalho, Juliana Costa de Rezende Abrahão, Antonio Carlos da Mota Porto, Denis Henrique Silva Nadaleti, Flávia Maria Avelar Gonçalves, Gladyston Rodrigues Carvalho, and Cesar Elias Botelho. 2022. "Progeny Selection to Develop a Sustainable Arabica Coffee Cultivar" Agronomy 12, no. 5: 1144. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12051144

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Moreira, P. C., de Rezende Abrahão, J. C., Porto, A. C. d. M., Nadaleti, D. H. S., Gonçalves, F. M. A., Carvalho, G. R., & Botelho, C. E. (2022). Progeny Selection to Develop a Sustainable Arabica Coffee Cultivar. Agronomy, 12(5), 1144. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12051144

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