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** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** COFFEE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GLOBALLY-TRADED CROP COMMODITIES WITH A RETAIL VALUE OF $200 BILLION GLOBALLY. HAWAII IS THE MAIN COFFEE PRODUCING STATE IN THE US, AND IT IS OF HIGH AGRICULTURAL IMPORTANCE WITHIN THE STATE. IN 2022 A 17% INCREASE IN COFFEE PRODUCTION IS FORECASTED WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF $60 MILLION AND A DOWNSTREAM ECONOMIC IMPACT VALUED AT $211 MILLION. BREEDING IN PERENNIAL FRUIT CROPS SUCH AS COFFEE INVOLVES HURDLES THAT ADD TO THE DIFFICULTIES OF MOST ANNUAL CROPS, INCLUDING LONG BREEDING CYCLES, LARGER AREAS REQUIRED FOR FIELD EVALUATION, SMALLER POPULATIONS, AND CHALLENGES IN MULTIPLYING INDIVIDUAL GENOTYPES TO REPLICATE IN SINGLE OR MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTS. COFFEE HAS THE ADDED COMPLICATION OF BEING GROWN IN DIFFERENT AGRONOMIC SYSTEMS AND BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS. THERE HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY FEW EFFORTS TO INTEGRATE HIGH-THROUGHPUT PHENOMICS INTO COFFEE SELECTION AND BREEDING, AND THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO FILL THAT GAP. THIS PROJECT WILL LEVERAGE A NEW COFFEE BREEDING PROGRAM BEING DEVELOPED BY WORLD COFFEE RESEARCH IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER NATIONAL PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE USDA/ARS IN HILO HAWAII. WE WILL DEVELOP PHENOMIC METHODS TO BE APPLIED IN THIS NETWORK (AND ANY OTHER COFFEE BREEDING PROGRAMS), TO IMPROVE SELECTION AND INCREASE GENETIC GAIN IN COFFEE. SPECIFICALLY, THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A SUITE OF MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS TO RELATE RAPID HYPERSPECTRAL REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS TO KEY GAS EXCHANGE AND FOLIAR NUTRIENT COMPOSITION TRAITS AND YIELD, AS WELL AS RESILIENCE TO COFFEE RUST, DEVELOPED FROM DATA SPANNING MULTIPLE SITES, GROWTH ENVIRONMENTS AND SEASONS.

$649,882FY2023National Institute of Food and AgricultureUSDA

Ohio State University, The, Columbus OH

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** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** COFFEE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GLOBALLY-TRADED CROP COMMODITIES WITH A RETAIL VALUE OF $200 BILLION GLOBALLY. HAWAII IS THE MAIN COFFEE PRODUCING STATE IN THE US, AND IT IS OF HIGH AGRICULTURAL IMPORTANCE WITHIN THE STATE. IN 2022 A 17% INCREASE IN COFFEE PRODUCTION IS FORECASTED WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF $60 MILLION AND A DOWNSTREAM ECONOMIC IMPACT VALUED AT $211 MILLION. BREEDING IN PERENNIAL FRUIT CROPS SUCH AS COFFEE INVOLVES HURDLES THAT ADD TO THE DIFFICULTIES OF MOST ANNUAL CROPS, INCLUDING LONG BREEDING CYCLES, LARGER AREAS REQUIRED FOR FIELD EVALUATION, SMALLER POPULATIONS, AND CHALLENGES IN MULTIPLYING INDIVIDUAL GENOTYPES TO REPLICATE IN SINGLE OR MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTS. COFFEE HAS THE ADDED COMPLICATION OF BEING GROWN IN DIFFERENT AGRONOMIC SYSTEMS AND BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS. THERE HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY FEW EFFORTS TO INTEGRATE HIGH-THROUGHPUT PHENOMICS INTO COFFEE SELECTION AND BREEDING, AND THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO FILL THAT GAP. THIS PROJECT WILL LEVERAGE A NEW COFFEE BREEDING PROGRAM BEING DEVELOPED BY WORLD COFFEE RESEARCH IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER NATIONAL PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE USDA/ARS IN HILO HAWAII. WE WILL DEVELOP PHENOMIC METHODS TO BE APPLIED IN THIS NETWORK (AND ANY OTHER COFFEE BREEDING PROGRAMS), TO IMPROVE SELECTION AND INCREASE GENETIC GAIN IN COFFEE. SPECIFICALLY, THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A SUITE OF MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS TO RELATE RAPID HYPERSPECTRAL REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS TO KEY GAS EXCHANGE AND FOLIAR NUTRIENT COMPOSITION TRAITS AND YIELD, AS WELL AS RESILIENCE TO COFFEE RUST, DEVELOPED FROM DATA SPANNING MULTIPLE SITES, GROWTH ENVIRONMENTS AND SEASONS. · GrantIndex