| Organizing Institutions and Sponsors | |
| Preface | |
| List of Contributors | |
| Biotechnology and the future of coffee production | p. 1 |
| Coffee cultivation in India | p. 17 |
| Breeding and biotechnology of coffee | p. 27 |
| Development of coffee cultivars in reduced time by using biotechnology in the "IAPAR model of high density planting" | p. 47 |
| Somatic embryogenesis of coffee | p. 71 |
| Biotechnology for genetic improvement of Indian coffee | p. 91 |
| Molecular breeding in coffee (Coffea arabica L.) | p. 101 |
| Study of combining ability and heterosis in coffee | p. 113 |
| Microsatellites in Coffea arabica L. | p. 123 |
| Standardization of encapsulation technique for producing synthetic seeds in coffee | p. 135 |
| Field testing of arabica bioreactor- derived plants | p. 143 |
| Interspecific protoplast fusion in Coffea | p. 151 |
| Biochemical and molecular studies of the main protein in the coffee endosperm | p. 157 |
| In vitro embryo culture of Coffea arabica: The influence of NAA and BAP | p. 171 |
| DNA markers for coffee tree breeding | p. 179 |
| Genetic polymorphism in species and hybrids of Coffea revealed by RAPD | p. 187 |
| Genetic fingerprinting of coffee leaf rust differentials with RAPD markers | p. 197 |
| Coffee (Coffea sp.) genetic transformation for insect resistance | p. 209 |
| Development of coffee trees resistance to leaf miner | p. 219 |
| The role of biological control in an integrated coffee borer management in Columbia | p. 229 |
| Correlation between edaphic factors and Coffea arabica fungal pathogens in South Pacific | p. 239 |
| Physiological studies on mycorrhizal fungi production | p. 245 |
| Characterization of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae isolates for potential use against the coffee berry | p. 255 |
| The nematophagous fungi helper bacteria (NHB): a new dimension for the biological control of root knot nematodes by trapping fungi | p. 265 |
| Use of solid state fermentation to produce spores of fungal biopesticides for insect control | p. 277 |
| Amylase and protease inhibitors as alternative against insect herbivores | p. 287 |
| Properties of analyses of coffee berries borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) | p. 297 |
| New developments in the mass production of parasitoids Chephalonomia stephanoderis(Hymenoptera: Bethytlidae) on Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) reared using artificial diet | p. 307 |
| Production cost of hybrid seeds of coffee obtained manually | p. 313 |
| Electric conductivity of exudates of green coffee and its relationship with the quality of the beverage | p. 321 |
| Recent developments in Brazilian coffee quality: new processing systems, beverage characteristics and consumer preferences | p. 339 |
| Organoleptic properties of espresso coffee as influenced by coffee botanical variety | p. 347 |
| Mycotoxigenesis in grains - Application to mycotoxic prevention in coffee | p. 355 |
| Species related differences in Brazilian green coffee contaminated by ochratoxin A | p. 369 |
| Development of bioprocesses for the conservation, detoxification and value - addition of coffee pulp and coffee husk - Biopulca project | p. 377 |
| Microbial degradation of caffeine and tannins from coffee husk | p. 393 |
| Coffee husk as substrate for the production of gibberellic acid by fermentation | p. 401 |
| Hydrolysis of coffee husk: Process optimization to recover its fermentable sugar | p. 409 |
| A novel approach for the production of natural aroma compounds using coffee husk | p. 419 |
| Production of mushrooms on Brazilian coffee industry residues | p. 427 |
| Adding value to coffee solid by-products through Biotechnology | p. 437 |
| Effect of conservation method on caffeine uptake by Penicillium commune V33A25 | p. 447 |
| Screening of filamentous fungi for the production of extra-cellular tannase in solid state fermentation (SSF) | p. 455 |
| Influence of carbon source on tannase production by Aspergillus niger Aa-20 in solid state culture | p. 461 |
| Commerical production and marketing of edible mushrooms cultivated on coffee pulp in Mexico | p. 471 |
| Coffee pulp in vermicomposting treatment | p. 489 |
| Coffee pulp polyphenols: an overview | p. 507 |
| Biotechnological potentialities of coffee and similar with olive, two models of agro-industrial products rich in polyphenolic compounds | p. 517 |
| Subject index | p. 533 |
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