Management, Development, and Breeding of Coffea sp. Crop
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Physiology and Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 988
Special Issue Editors
Interests: coffee breeding; physiology; biochemistry; production; management; harvesting and processing
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Interests: crop physiology; plant abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms; whole-canopy gas exchange; mitigation of crop abiotic stress; photochemical performance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Coffee is the second most consumed beverage in the world and contains several ingredients that benefit human health. In addition, coffee is widely cultivated around the world, playing vital economic, social, and environmental roles. However, coffee productivity and quality are currently being affected by many factors, such as the lack of high-yielding varieties that are resistant to both biotic and abiotic stresses, a lack of knowledge about management, nutrition, storage, and post-harvest processing, and ongoing global climate change, which poses a risk to the sustainability of the global chain. Therefore, research focusing on these issues is essential in working to overcome the above-mentioned production constraints. For this Special Issue, we aim to collect research studies on the coffee production chain, from the planting stage to coffee yield and quality, including the physiological and biochemical mechanisms associated with coffee production and post-harvest processing, as well as the improvement of species belonging to the genus Coffea. All types of manuscripts, including articles, brief reports, communications, and reviews, are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Fábio Luiz Partelli
Prof. Dr. Weverton Pereira Rodrigues
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Coffea sp.
- coffee breeding
- physiology of stress
- coffee production
- post-harvest processing
- coffee growth and development
- crop management
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