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Genomic elucidation of hybridization between Liberica and excelsa coffee and its implications for coffee crop development.
Scientific reports - 14 May 2026
Davis Aaron P, Shepherd-Clowes Amelia, Lee Kenny Wee Ting, Jitam Diana M, Clayre Alasdair, Dashrath Akshay, Viruel Juan
Abstract excerpt
The development and establishment of a broader range of coffee species and hybrids is likely to play a key role in coffee farming sustainability in an era of accelerated climate change. We investigated hybridization between Coffea liberica (Liberica) and C. dewevrei (excelsa) utilizing 7,618 SNPs from 113 accessions, sampled across three continents. Our analyses demonstrated that these two species have hybridized...
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