Centroamericano is a very high-yielding F1 hybrid bred for Central America, with good quality above 1300 m and rust resistance.
Centroamericano is an F1 hybrid (T5296 x Rume Sudan) bred by the CIRAD-CATIE-ICAFE-IHCAFE-PROCAFE-ANACAFE consortium and released for Central American farmers in 2010. WCR describes it as very high yielding with very good quality potential in healthy soil above 1300 m, rust resistant and well adapted to agroforestry. Like other F1 hybrids it should be propagated clonally, since seed-grown offspring segregate.
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In breeding evaluations Centroamericano out-produced the standard Central American varieties by 22-47 percent, according to WCR, before its 2010 release.
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Centroamericano is an F1 hybrid of T5296 and Sudan Rume.
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