RAB C15 1

RAB C15

High yield­ing tall vari­ety resis­tant to rust and cof­fee berry dis­ease recent­ly released in Rwanda.

Stature
Tall
Leaf tip color
Green or Bronze
Bean Size
Large
Yield Potential
Very 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
Resistant
Susceptible
Resistant
Nematode
Unknown
Susceptible
Resistant
Coffee Berry Disease
Resistant
Susceptible
Resistant

Agronomics

Year of first production
Year 2
Nutrition requirement
High
Ripening of fruit
Unknown
Cherry to green bean outturn
Average
Planting density
2000-3000 plants/ha (using multiple-stem pruning)
Additional agronomic information
Vigorous.

Background

Genetic Description
Introgressed (Other)
Lineage
A selection of the Indian variety Sln.6 (Kent x C. robusta). A population composite variety.
Breeder
Rwanda Agricultural Board (RAB)
History
RAB C15 was released by the Rwandan Agricultural Board in 2015. It a selection of Sln.6, a population created by Indian coffee breeders at Central Coffee Research Institute (CCRI) and distributed to Indian farmers in the 1970s, and which was shared with four African countries (Rwanda, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Uganda) in 2010. Sln.6 originated from an interspecific cross between the C. arabica variety Kent and the C. canephora clone S.274 and then backcrossed to Kent.

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