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EC15

MundoMex

High pro­duc­tion yield and very good qual­i­ty poten­tial. Suit­able for agro­forestry systems.

Stature
Dwarf/Compact
Leaf tip color
Bronze
Bean Size
Large
Yield Potential
High
Low
Very High
Quality potential at high altitude
Very Good
Very Low
Exceptional
Optimal Altitude
Medium, High
5°N to 5°S: >1200m
5–15°N and 5–15°S: >900m
>15°N and >15°S: >700m
Coffee leaf rust
Low resistance/susceptible
Low resistance/susceptible
Highly resistant
Nematode
Susceptible
Susceptible
Resistant
Coffee Berry Disease
Susceptible
Susceptible
Resistant

Agronomics

Year of first production
Year 2
Nutrition requirement
High
Ripening of fruit
Average
Cherry to green bean outturn
Average
Planting density
3000-4000 plants/ha (using single-stem pruning)
Additional agronomic information
An important note about F1 hybrids: Seeds taken from hybrid plants will not have the same characteristics as the parent plants. This is called “segregation.” It means that the child plant will not look or behave the same as the parent, with potential losses of yield, disease resistance, quality, or other agronomic performance traits. The variety should only be reproduced through clonal propagation and purchased from trusted nurseries. Yield and rust resistance for this variety were globally evaluated at 23 sites in 15 countries as part of WCR’s International Multilocation Variety Trial. A variety's local performance may vary based on which races of rust are present in the environment.

Background

Genetic Description
F1 hybrid (not introgressed)
Lineage
Catimor x ET26
Breeder
CIRAD-ECOM
History
A first-generation (F1) hybrid originating from a cross between Catimor line 17931 and a wild Ethiopian accession (ET26), held in the coffee germplasm bank at the Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE). Line 17931 was selected in Nicaragua in the 1990s from Colombian lines originally derived from a cross between Timor Hybrid and Caturra. The Ethiopian parent, ET26, originates from a collecting mission carried out in Ethiopia by the ORSTOM/IRD collecting mission. In 1991, both parent lines were introduced to Nicaragua at Finca "La Cumplida" in the Matagalpa region, facilitated by CODOCAFÉ, a member of PROMECAFE. Since 2008, CIRAD has led a genetic improvement program in Nicaragua and developed this hybrid in collaboration with the ECOM Group. Plants are propagated clonally using somatic embryogenesis at a tissue culture laboratory located in Sébaco.

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