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2002-02-26 | permalink
Brazilian scientists start to map coffee genome
Brazilian scientists started last week to map the coffee genome in a project that will produce 200,000 genetic sequences as it seeks to strengthen the coffee tree’s resistance to disease, pests, frost and drought. ”The first stage involves mapping genetic sequences and will involve 20 people and take one year,” Mirian Eira of the government’s Brasilia-based Agricultural Research Organization (Embrapa), told Reuters. Embrapa and the Sao Paulo State Research Support Fund (Fapesp) are coordinating the research, that is focused initially on the arabica variety, which accounts for 70 percent of Brazilian coffee output.
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2002-02-26 | permalink
Brazilian scientists start to map coffee genome
Brazilian scientists started last week to map the coffee genome in a project that will produce 200,000 genetic sequences as it seeks to strengthen the coffee tree’s resistance to disease, pests, frost and drought. ”The first stage involves mapping genetic sequences and will involve 20 people and take one year,” Mirian Eira of the government’s Brasilia-based Agricultural Research Organization (Embrapa), told Reuters. Embrapa and the Sao Paulo State Research Support Fund (Fapesp) are coordinating the research, that is focused initially on the arabica variety, which accounts for 70 percent of Brazilian coffee output.
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