The Vegetative Propagation of Coffee Arabica L.

Abstract

The importance of vegetative propagation in a number of tropic plantation crops is well known. The earliest work on the vegetative propagation of coffee was carried out in Java some sixty years ago, and suitable methods have been established there. However, it is necessary to confirm such results under local conditions and trials of various methods for the vegetative propagation of coffee were commenced at the Highlands Agricultural Experiment Station, Aiyura, in July, 1955. The aim was to develop successful techniques for vegetative propagation as a tool to be used in the breeding and selection programme. Whether the development of a practical method of vegetative propagation will have a direct applicability in plantation practice is at present uncertain.