An outstanding and currently the only comprehensive handbook for the coffee-professional. 40 authors from the leading coffee-growing countries present the most recent technologies applied to coffee husbandry. The book features 900 carefully selected illustrations, 300 of these in full color, which substantiate the written text. The handbook provides basic guidelines and recommendations which are applicable everywhere rather than referring to any specific country. Added to this, the reader will find numerous data tables and an overview of relevant information sources.
Edited by:
Jean Nicolas Wintgens (Corseaux Switzerland)
Imprint: Blackwell Verlag GmbH
Country of Publication: Germany
Edition: 2nd, Revised Edition
Dimensions:
Height: 239mm,
Width: 173mm,
Spine: 53mm
Weight: 1.905kg
ISBN: 9783527332533
ISBN 10: 3527332537
Pages: 1040
Publication Date: 06 June 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
,
Further / Higher Education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Part I: Growing 1 The Coffee Plant 3 2 Botany, Genetics and Genomics of Coffee 25 3 Coffee Selection and Breeding 61 4 Coffee Propagation 91 5 Biotechnologies Applied to Coffee 141 6 Environmental Factors Suitable for Coffee Cultivation 168 7 Establishing a Coffee Plantation 182 8 Crop Maintenance 250 9 Vermicomposting in Coffee Cultivation 328 10 Organic Coffee 343 11 Frost in Coffee Crops: Frost Characteristics, Damaging Effects on Coffee and Alleviation Options 359 12 Importance of Organic Matter and Biological Fertility in Coffee Soils 375 13 Sustainable Coffee Production 388 14 Shade Management and its Effect on Coffee Growth and Quality 395 Part II: Pests & Diseases 1 Coffee Pests in Africa 425 2 Major Pests of Coffee in the Asia–Pacific Region 463 3 Nematodes in Coffee 478 4 Coffee Diseases 495 5 Viral Diseases in Coffee 550 6 Resistance to Coffee Leaf Rust and Coffee Berry Disease 557 7 Spraying Equipment for Coffee 571 8 Quarantine for Coffee 597 Part III: Harvesting & Processing 1 Yield Estimation and Harvest Period 601 2 Harvesting and Green Coffee Processing 610 3 Ecological Processing of Coffee and Use of Byproducts 724 Part IV: Storage, Shipment, Quality 1 Green Coffee Storage 741 2 Shipment of Green Coffee 759 3 Green Coffee Defects 766 4 Factors Influencing the Quality of Green Coffee 797 5 Coffee Bean Quality Assessment 818 Part V: Economics 1 Economic Aspects of Coffee Production 831 2 Technology Transfer 843 Part VI: Data & Information 1 Units and Conversion Tables 859 2 Information Sources 904 3 Data on Coffee 925 4 Acronyms and Terms used in Coffee Production 937 Index 965
"Jean-Nicolas Wintgens, a Belgian-born agronomist, has worked troughout the coffee belt of Africa, South and Central America, and Asia. Before his retirement, he held the post of world-wide advisor for coffee and cocoa production and supply at Nestle, based in Vevey (Switzerland). He is currently a frequent traveler between Mexico and Switzerland, doing consultancy work, mostly on coffee. He received two awards: - PANAMANIAN award Condecoracion de la ""Orden de Manuel Amador Guerrero"" con el grado de gran Comendador - 31.Mayo 1979. Decorated in appreciation of special services to the country in the field of agriculture. - French award: L'ETOILE DU BIEN ET DU MÉRITE Mars 2009. Pour actions humanitaires rendues en Afrique (Zaïre) au cours de la rébellion 1964-65. Rare distinction honorifique, symbole de la reconnaissance pour les actions civiques et sociales, le dévouement bénévole, se veut d'être un témoignage de gratitude pour les actions exemplaires."
