Electric conductivity of the exudate of beans from diferents coffee genotipes (Caffea arabi L.)

Authors

  • Cássio Egidio Cavenaghi Prete Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Jairo Teixeira Mendes Abrahão Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2000v21n1p67

Keywords:

Coffee (Coffea arabia L.) electric conductivity, Genotype, Beverage quality, Cultivar.

Abstract

1 PROBLEMA

In order to study the influence of genotype on coffee electrical conductivity, an experiment was conducted at Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz Agricultural Department with materials from Agronomic Institut of Campinas. Eleven cultivars were tested. An inverse relation between electrical conductivity and beverage quality was found. Cultivars were ranked in a increasing order of quality: Icatu Vermelho Acaia, Caturra Vermelho, Icatu Amarelo, Novo Mundo, Catuai Vermelho, Catuai Amarelo, Bourbon Vermelho, Caturra Amarelo, Bourbon Amarelo e Arabica.

 

Author Biographies

Cássio Egidio Cavenaghi Prete, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Departamento de Agronomia - Centro de Ciências Agrárias - Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Caixa Postal 6001, Londrina, PR, CEP 36051-970.

Jairo Teixeira Mendes Abrahão, Universidade de São Paulo

 

Departamento de Agricultura / Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"- USP, Piracicaba-SP

Published

2004-01-19

How to Cite

Prete, C. E. C., & Abrahão, J. T. M. (2004). Electric conductivity of the exudate of beans from diferents coffee genotipes (Caffea arabi L.). Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 21(1), 67–70. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2000v21n1p67

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