Breeding for resistance against coffee wilt disease

This chapter describes recent advances in the breeding for coffee wilt disease ( ) resistance in Africa. It covers the screening, evaluation and multiplication of resistant cultivars and their impact of resistance on sustainable coffee production.

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Published inCoffee Wilt Disease pp. 155 - 175
Main Authors Musoli, P. C, Girma, A, Hakiza, G. J, Kangire, A, Pinard, F, Agwanda, C, Bieysse, D
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Wallingford, UK CABI 2010
Subjects
agricultural production
angiosperms
Ascomycota
Coffea
coffee
disease resistance
eudicots
eukaryotes
fungal diseases
fungi
fungus
Gentianales
Gibberella
Gibberella xylarioides
Hypocreales
Nectriaceae
pathogens
Pezizomycotina
phytopathogenic fungi
phytopathogens
plant breeding
plant diseases
Plant life: general
plant pathogenic fungi
plant pathogens
plants
resistance to disease
Rubiaceae
Sordariomycetes
Spermatophyta
sustainability
Africa
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Summary:This chapter describes recent advances in the breeding for coffee wilt disease ( ) resistance in Africa. It covers the screening, evaluation and multiplication of resistant cultivars and their impact of resistance on sustainable coffee production.
ISBN:1845936418
9781845936419
DOI:10.1079/9781845936419.0155