@article{fdi:010062908, title = {{F}lowering phenology and yield-related traits in an interspecific cross between {C}offea pseudozanguebariae {B}ridson and {C}. canephora {P}ierre}, author = {{A}kaffou, {D}.{S}. and {K}onate, {I}. and {S}i{\'e}, {R}.{S}. and {P}oncet, {V}al{\'e}rie and {Z}oro {B}i, {I}.{A}. and {L}egante, {H}. and {K}ochko, {A}lexandre de and {H}amon, {S}erge and {H}amon, {P}erla}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{H}igher caffeine content and cup beverage bitterness considerably depreciated the commercial value of {C}offea canephora {P}ierre ({CAN}) compared with {C}. arabica {L} ({ARA}). {W}ild caffeine-free species like {C}. pseudozanguebariae {B}ridson ({PSE}) offer the opportunity to produce new {CAN} varieties containing little or no caffeine. {F}1 plants resulting from a {PSE} × {CAN} cross, and {BC}1 individuals, derived from the first backcross generation ({PSE} × {CAN}) × {CAN}) were produced. {I}n order to assess flowering phenology and yield traits in {F}1 and {BC}1 hybrids, six morphological characters including flowering time, pollen viability ({PV}), fructification rate ({FR}), seed set ({SSET}), flower number per node ({NFN}) and 100-bean weight ({W}100) were studied under environmental conditions in {C}{\^o}te d’{I}voire. {T}he results showed that {F}1 plants flowered only in {F}ebruary while, for {BC}1, 20% and 80% of the plants flowered in {J}anuary and {F}ebruary, respectively.}, keywords = {{CAFE} ; {AMELIORATION} {DES} {PLANTES} ; {HYBRIDATION} {INTERSPECIFIQUE} ; {FLORAISON} ; {PHENOLOGIE} ; {POLLEN} ; {TAUX} {DE} {SURVIE} ; {FRUCTIFICATION} ; {GRAINE} ; {COTE} {D}'{IVOIRE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}ustralian {J}ournal of {C}rop {S}cience}, volume = {8}, numero = {9}, pages = {1272--1280}, ISSN = {1835-2707}, year = {2014}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010062908}, }