“Coffee Bean-Related” Agroecological
Factors Affecting the Coffee
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Ahsan Hameed, Syed Ammar Hussain, and Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643
2 Agroecological Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
2.1 Altitude, Slope, and Slope Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
2.2 Coffee Varieties . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 650
2.3 Seeds and Seedlings Characterization for Cultivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658
2.4 Soil and Fertilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664
A. Hameed
Laboratory for Yeast Molecular and Cell Biology, The Research Center of Fermentation
Technology, School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of
Technology, Zibo, Shandong, China
Colin Ratledge Center for Microbial Lipids, School of Agriculture Engineering and Food Science,
Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China
e-mail: ahsanhameed@outlook.com
S. A. Hussain
Colin Ratledge Center for Microbial Lipids, School of Agriculture Engineering and Food Science,
Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China
Department of Biology, South Texas Center of Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID), University
of Texas, San Antonio, USA
e-mail: ammarshah88@yahoo.com
H. A. R. Suleria (*)
UQ Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, The University of
Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Centre for Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin
University, Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia
School of Agriculture and Food, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
e-mail: hafiz.suleria@uqconnect.edu.au
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
J.-M. Mérillon, K. G. Ramawat (eds.), Co-Evolution of Secondary Metabolites,
Reference Series in Phytochemistry, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96397-6_21
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Factors Affecting the Coffee
27
Ahsan Hameed, Syed Ammar Hussain, and Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643
2 Agroecological Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
2.1 Altitude, Slope, and Slope Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
2.2 Coffee Varieties . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 650
2.3 Seeds and Seedlings Characterization for Cultivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658
2.4 Soil and Fertilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664
A. Hameed
Laboratory for Yeast Molecular and Cell Biology, The Research Center of Fermentation
Technology, School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of
Technology, Zibo, Shandong, China
Colin Ratledge Center for Microbial Lipids, School of Agriculture Engineering and Food Science,
Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China
e-mail: ahsanhameed@outlook.com
S. A. Hussain
Colin Ratledge Center for Microbial Lipids, School of Agriculture Engineering and Food Science,
Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China
Department of Biology, South Texas Center of Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID), University
of Texas, San Antonio, USA
e-mail: ammarshah88@yahoo.com
H. A. R. Suleria (*)
UQ Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, The University of
Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Centre for Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin
University, Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia
School of Agriculture and Food, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
e-mail: hafiz.suleria@uqconnect.edu.au
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
J.-M. Mérillon, K. G. Ramawat (eds.), Co-Evolution of Secondary Metabolites,
Reference Series in Phytochemistry, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96397-6_21
641