Ploidy level and caffeine content in leaves of Coffea Ploidia e conteúdo de cafeína em folhas de Coffea

Several species of Coffea and varieties of C. arabica differing in chromosome number had their caffeine content determined in the leaves. For Coffea arabica var. "Angustifolia", var. "Caturra" and var. "Icatu", it was observed caffeine decrease from the haploid (2n = 22...

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Main Authors: Maria Bernadete Silvarolla, Paulo Mazzafera, Marinez Muraro Alves de Lima, Herculano Penna Medina Filho, Luiz Carlos Fazuoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1999-07-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90161999000300021