Sera, T.; Soccol, C.R.; Pandey, A.; Roussos, S.
Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2000
This book is essentially based on the papers
presented at the 3rd International Seminar on Coffee Biotechnology
(III SIBAC), held in Londrina, Parana, Brazil, in May 1999.
It provides a guide for those wishing to learn about recent
advances in coffee cultivation and post-harvest technology.
The book provides a quantitative and rational approach to
the major areas of coffee research, including breeding and
cloning, tissue culture and genetics, pest control, post-harvest
technology and bioconversion of coffee industry residues into
commercially valuable products. The chapters review recent
experimental work, allowing a conceptual framework for future
research to be identified and developed. Contents: Use of
coffee pulp (as a substrate in fermentation processes, as
antioxidants and antitumoral derivatives, as animal feed...);
Coffee cultivation in India; Development of coffee cultivars;
Molecular breeding in coffee; Interspecific protoplast fusion
in Coffea; Biological pest control; Amylase and protease inhibitors
as alternative against insect herbivores; Electric conductivity
of exudates of green coffee and its relationship with the
quality of the beverage; Sensory properties of espresso coffee
as influenced by coffee botanical variety; Mycotoxic situation
in coffee; Production of aroma compounds using coffee husk;
etc.