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Controlled irrigation and nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium fertilization affect the biochemical composition and quality of Arabica coffee beans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2016

F. VINECKY ,
F. DAVRIEUX ,
A. C. MERA ,
G. S. C. ALVES ,
G. LAVAGNINI ,
T. LEROY ,
F. BONNOT ,
O. C. ROCHA ,
G. F. BARTHOLO  and
A. F. GUERRA
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F. VINECKY
Affiliation:
Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia (LGM), CP02372, CEP 70770-917 Brasilia, DF, Brazil
F. DAVRIEUX
Affiliation:
CIRAD UMR Qualisud, F-34398 Montpellier, France
A. C. MERA
Affiliation:
Embrapa Cerrados, CP0822, CEP 73310-970 Planaltina, DF, Brazil
G. S. C. ALVES
Affiliation:
Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia (LGM), CP02372, CEP 70770-917 Brasilia, DF, Brazil
G. LAVAGNINI
Affiliation:
Embrapa Cerrados, CP0822, CEP 73310-970 Planaltina, DF, Brazil
T. LEROY
Affiliation:
CIRAD UMR AGAP, F-34398 Montpellier, France
F. BONNOT
Affiliation:
CIRAD UMR BGPI, F-34398 Montpellier, France
O. C. ROCHA
Affiliation:
Embrapa Cerrados, CP0822, CEP 73310-970 Planaltina, DF, Brazil
G. F. BARTHOLO
Affiliation:
Embrapa Café, Parque Estação Biológica, CEP 70770-901 Brasília, DF, Brazil
A. F. GUERRA
Affiliation:
Embrapa Café, Parque Estação Biológica, CEP 70770-901 Brasília, DF, Brazil
G. C. RODRIGUES
Affiliation:
Embrapa Informática Agropecuária, CP6041, CEP 13083-886, Campinas, SP, Brazil
P. MARRACCINI
Affiliation:
Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia (LGM), CP02372, CEP 70770-917 Brasilia, DF, Brazil CIRAD UMR AGAP, F-34398 Montpellier, France
A. C. ANDRADE*
Affiliation:
Embrapa Café, Parque Estação Biológica, CEP 70770-901 Brasília, DF, Brazil Universidade Federal de Lavras (INOVACAFÉ), Campus Universitário, CEP 37200-000 Lavras, MG, Brazil
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*To whom all correspondence should be addressed. Email: [email protected]
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Summary

Controlled irrigation during the dry period associated with adequate nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P) and potassium (K) fertilization led to the accumulation of biochemical compounds in coffee beans considered as positive precursors of beverage quality. Adult plants of coffee (Coffea arabica ‘Rubi’) were cultivated using different water regimes (WR) and fertilization conditions under the dry climate of the Brazilian Cerrado. Coffee-bean physical characteristics were evaluated as well as biochemical composition by near-infrared analysis. The K treatment mostly affected bean biochemistry, lipid and chlorogenic acid (CGA) contents, which increased with increasing amounts of fertilizer. Caffeine contents increased with higher amounts of N, but no significant effects of P treatment on bean biochemical composition were observed. Sucrose and total lipid contents always appeared higher in beans of non-irrigated plants than those beans from plants grown with continuous irrigation. In contrast, caffeine and CGA contents were higher in beans of irrigated as compared with non-irrigated plants. For the first time, the current results showed that controlled management of irrigation during the dry period associated with reasonable NPK fertilization led to the accumulation of biochemical compounds in coffee beans considered as positive precursors of beverage quality.

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Crops and Soils Research Papers
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 155 , Issue 6 , August 2017 , pp. 902 - 918
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