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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cardoso-Magaña, Ana Julia
• Montero-Cortés, Mayra Itzcalotzin
• Qui-Zapata, Joaquin Alejandro
• Chávez-Rodríguez, Arturo Moises
• Mancilla-Margalli, Norma Alejandra
• López-Velázquez, Julio Cesar
• Farias-Cervantes, Vania Sbeyde
• Andrade-González, Isaac
• Rivera-Rodríguez, Diana Maria
• Bejarano-Rebolledo, Fabiola

Titel

Effect of Light Quality on the seed Germination and Development of Coffee Seedlings ( Coffea arabica )

Ist Teil von

• Plants (Basel), 2024-06, Vol.13 (13), p.1772

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: MDPI AG

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Coffee ( ) cultivation is vital to the global economic, social and cultural life of farmers. However, senescent and disease-susceptible plantations affect coffee productivity. Therefore, it is crucial to improve biotechnological strategies such as micropropagation to increase the number of plants for replanting. In this study, the dark condition (T1) and different light qualities (T0-white light 400-700 nm; T2-red light 660 nm and T3-blue light 460 nm) were evaluated to optimize the in vitro propagation of 4 and 9 month-old coffee seeds. The results showed that red light had the highest percentage, an outstanding germination rate index, which may suggest that in the case of coffee seeds could be involved phytochromes that promote germination in a red light quality. In summary, the ideal conditions for in vitro micropropagation of coffee are under white and red light condition.