Coffea pseudozanguebariae
Coffea bengalensis
"almost all Malagasy coffee species"
References:
Barre, P. et al. (1997) Introgression of quality traits from
C.pseudozanguebariae to C. liberica var.dewevrei.
In: Dix-septieme Colloque Scientifique International sur le Cafe, Nairobi,
Kenya, 20-25 juillet 1997.
Paris, France; Association Scientifique Internationale du Cafe (ASIC) pp.
520-526
Sreenath, H. L. (1997) Development of caffeine free coffee varieties. Indian
Coffee vol. 61 No. 10 pp. 13-14
Barre, P. et al. (1998) Inheritance of caffeine and heteroside contents in
an interspecific cross between a cultivated coffee species Coffea liberica
var. dewevrei and a wild species caffeine-free C. pseudozanguebariae.
Theoretical and Applied Genetics vol 96 no. 2 pp. 306-311
Anton Doroszenko
CAB International
http://www.cabi.org/
http://www.cabweb.org/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bargyla Rateaver [SMTP:brateaver@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 8:16 AM
> To: Beth von Gunten
> Cc: sanet-mg@shasta.ces.ncsu.edu
> Subject: Re: GM coffee seen hard to swallow
>
> That's all silly because there already is a coffee tree that has very
> little or
> no caffeine. I don't remember which--I do remember telling one of the ag
> bigwigs at UC Davis about it, years ago.
> ==========================
> by the way, Beth, I see you are not going to do that superduper paper any
> more,
> so what is it you are going to do? I always read every word of it, very
> well
> done.
> =======================
>
> Beth von Gunten wrote:
>
> > Genetically modified coffee seen hard to swallow
> >
> > PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 2 (Reuters) - Researchers may eventually be able
> to
> > genetically modify coffee plants to resist insects or produce
> caffeine-free
> > coffee beans, but public resistance could delay such developments for at
> > least 10 years, a Monsanto Co (MTC - news) specialist said on Sunday.
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