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Does Shade Impact Coffee Yield, Tree Trunk, and Soil Moisture on Coffea canephora Plantations in Mondulkiri, Cambodia?

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  • Lenka Ehrenbergerová

    (Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Marie Klimková

    (Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Yessika Garcia Cano

    (Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Hana Habrová

    (Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Samuel Lvončík

    (Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Daniel Volařík

    (Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Warbota Khum

    (Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
    Faculty of Forestry Science, Royal University of Agriculture, Phnom Penh P.O. Box 2696, Cambodia)

  • Petr Němec

    (Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Soben Kim

    (Faculty of Forestry Science, Royal University of Agriculture, Phnom Penh P.O. Box 2696, Cambodia)

  • Petr Jelínek

    (Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Petr Maděra

    (Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

Abstract

Shade is a natural condition for coffee plants; however, unshaded plantations currently predominate in Asia. The benefits of shading increase as the environment becomes less favorable for coffee cultivation, e.g., because of climate change. It is necessary to determine the effects of shade on the yield of Coffea canephora and on the soil water availability. Therefore, three coffee plantations (of 3, 6, and 9 ha) in the province of Mondulkiri, Cambodia, were selected to evaluate the effect of shade on Coffea canephora yields, coffee bush trunk changes, and soil moisture. Our study shows that shade-grown coffee delivers the same yields as coffee that is grown without shading in terms of coffee bean weight or size (comparing average values and bean variability), the total weight of coffee fruits per coffee shrub and the total weight of 100 fruits (fresh and dry). Additionally, fruit ripeness was not influenced by shade in terms of variability nor in terms of a possible delay in ripening. There was no difference in the coffee stem diameter changes between shaded and sunny sites, although the soil moisture was shown to be higher throughout the shaded sites.

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  • Lenka Ehrenbergerová & Marie Klimková & Yessika Garcia Cano & Hana Habrová & Samuel Lvončík & Daniel Volařík & Warbota Khum & Petr Němec & Soben Kim & Petr Jelínek & Petr Maděra, 2021. "Does Shade Impact Coffee Yield, Tree Trunk, and Soil Moisture on Coffea canephora Plantations in Mondulkiri, Cambodia?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(24), pages 1-17, December.
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