The primary objective of coffee breeding and selection program is to develop high
yielding, excellent bean quality cultivars which are adapted to specific growing
conditions in Hawaii. Disease resistance (especially rust) and mechanical
harvestability are also important criteria. Four major goals have been set for this
year: (1) develop strategies for breeding and selection of coffee cultivars in Hawaii
with the assistance of a coffee breeding consultant; (2) develop techniques required
to implement the breeding program; (3) develop procedures for vegetative
propagation; and (4) select potentially elite individual trees from existing coffee
farms and vegetatively propagate them