Cultivated Robusta coffee meets wild Coffea canephora: Evidence of cultivated-wild hybridisation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
J. Depecker, L. Verleysen, R. Bollen, J. Asimonyio, Y. Hatangi, J.-L. Kambale, I. Mwanga Mwanga, T. Ebele, B. Dheda, P. Stoffelen, T. Ruttink, F. Vandelook, O. Honnay
The paper examines hybridisation between cultivated Robusta coffee and its wild relative Coffea canephora in DR Congo, finding limited but detectable gene flow from cultivated to wild populations.
bioRxiv · Oct 30, 2023 · PreprintEcology