Biotechnology for Coffee Improvement
Biotechnology research is carried out at CCRI with the short term and long term objectives of micro propagation, germplasm preservation and genetic improvement. Research efforts are focused on stem, leaf…
PROPAGATION OF COFFEE
Propagation Through Seed Use of quality seed plays an important role in establishing a productive plantation. Hence, it is always advisable to procure authentic seed material from coffee Board Research…
DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN COFFEE VARIETIES
Germplasm The success of any breeding programme depends on the proper evaluation and exploitation of the available gene pool. Hence, a massive gene bank was established at CCRI with collections…
Coffee Beans/Seeds of Arebica and Robusta
Beans/seeds Seeds are elliptical or egg shaped, plano convex processing longitudinal furrow on the plane surface. Seed coat is represented by the ‘silver skin’ which is also made up of…
Pollination and Fertilization, Fruit and Seed Formation
Pollination Pollination takes place within 6h of the flower opening, under bright light and warm windy conditions. Rain, during morning hours, before or after flower opening, affects pollination and thereby…
Leaves and Flowers of Coffee Plants
Leaves Coffee leaves grow in opposite decussate manner on the main stem and orthotropic shoots (growing along the vertical axis). But, in plagiotropic branches (the longer axis inclined away from…
Morphology and Growth Behavior of Coffee
Coffee is a perennial plant (lives for many years) and evergreen (plants that so not shed their leaves during the specific season) in nature.it has a prominent vertical stem giving…
Regional Research Stations
In addition to the main station, a sub station at Chettalli in Kodagu, Karnataka and four regional Coffee Research Stations at Chundale (Kerala), Thandigudi (Tamil Nadu), Raghavendra Nagar (Andhra Pradesh),…
Organised Research On Coffee
Central Coffee Research Institute (CCRI) The Central Coffee Research Institute was established in 1925 as the Coffee Experimental Station at Balehonnur in Chikmaglur District of Karnataka State by the relentless…
Coffee industry in India
Today, coffee occupies a place of pride among plantation crops grown in India. The area under coffee is around 4.15 lakh ha of which Arabica accounts for 2.06 lack ha…