Shade Trees Spatial Distribution and Its Effect on Grains and Beverage Quality of Shaded Coffee Trees
| Autor: | Maicon Douglas Bispo de Souza, Anderson de Souza Gallo, Francisco José da Silva Neto, Nathalia de França Guimarães, Rubismar Stolf, Anastácia Fontanetti, Kátia Priscilla Gomes Morinigo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
Canopy Brix Article Subject Phenology Sowing lcsh:TX341-641 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Spatial distribution 01 natural sciences Specialty coffee Horticulture Yield (wine) 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Shading Safety Risk Reliability and Quality lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply 010606 plant biology & botany Food Science Mathematics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of food quality, 2018:7909467 Journal of Food Quality, Vol 2018 (2018) |
| Popis: | Shading coffee trees has gained importance, especially among smallholders, as an option to improve the products’ quality, therefore acquiring place at the specialty coffee market, where consumers are willing to give bonus for quality. This work aims to evaluate the influence of shade trees’ spatial distribution among coffee trees’ agronomic characteristics, yield, and beans and cup quality of shaded coffee trees. The experimental design consisted of completely randomized blocks with six repetitions and four treatments: coffee trees on shade trees planting rows, distant one meter from the trunk; coffee trees on shade trees planting row, distant six meters from the trunk; and coffee plants between the rows of shade trees, parallel to the previous treatments. The parameters analyzed were plant height, canopy diameter, plagiotropic branches’ length, yield, coffee fruits’ phenological stage, ripe cherries’ Brix degree, percentage of black, unripe, and insect damaged beans, bean size, and beverage quality. Shade trees quickened coffee fruits’ phenological stage of coffee trees nearest to them. This point also showed the best beverage quality, except for overripe fruits. The remaining parameters evaluated were not affected by shade trees’ spatial distribution. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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