Publications by authors named "Castigo Tongai"
Article Synopsis
- Climate change is severely impacting the coffee industry, affecting around 100 million people across 80 countries, mainly due to the vulnerability of two key coffee species to extreme weather and fluctuating market prices.
- Research examines the genetic relationships and diversity of different coffee species in a specific country, revealing that one wild species shows significant genetic separation from commercial varieties, with differences in genetic diversity linked to their breeding behaviors (self-pollinating vs. cross-pollinating).
- The study suggests the need for integrating more resilient wild coffee species into cultivation to enhance genetic diversity and improve the industry's resilience to climate-related challenges.
