Castillo
Also Variedad Castillo, Castillo General, Castillo Regionales, Castillo zona Norte/Centro/Sur
Castillo is Colombia's dominant modern variety, released by the National Coffee Growers' Federation in May 2005 after five generations of selection from Caturra x Timor Hybrid crosses. It is a composite of many progenies, so a field shows plants with both green and bronze leaf tips; it is compact, productive and durably rust-resistant, with tolerance to coffee berry disease. Seven regional versions were released in 2005-2006 and the mix was recomposed into three zonal variants (North, Centre, South) in 2017 to raise the resistance level pre-emptively. By 2012 more than 90 percent of Colombia's renovated area had been planted with Castillo.
Arabica Introgressed Rust resistant
- Parents
- 2
- Descendants
- 0
- Countries grown
- 1
- Traits published
- 11of 14
Lineage
From Caturra × Híbrido de TimorComposite of 48 progenies from Caturra x HdT 1343 (F5 selection); Castillo zonal variants released 2017.
Traits
This atlas's own table- Species
- Arabica
- Genetic group
- Introgressed
- Stature
- Dwarf
- Leaf tip
- Mixed
- Bean size
- not published
- Yield
- High
- Leaf rust
- Resistant
- Coffee berry disease
- Tolerant
- Nematodes
- not published
- Best altitude
- not published
- Cup quality
- excellent per Cenicafé; no difference from Typica and Bourbon in its cupping tests
- Released
- 2005
- Breeder or selector
- Cenicafé (FNC)
- Origin
- Colombia