Biochemical Composition Variation among Southern Ethiopian Arabica Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Genotypes

Table 8

Mean values of 6 proximate and biochemical traits for ten clusters of 104 coffee germplasm accessions.

Cluster No.	Qualitative Traits
	CP	EE	CF	CA	TCA	CV
I	8.81	11.55	12.77	4.17	53.36	352.63
II	8.42	10.95	17.24	4.35	49.50	330.24
III	8.85	11.19	20.17	4.56	45.66	318.73
IV	8.62	11.22	15.08	4.19	51.57	341.67
V	8.57	11.73	10.88	3.28	56.50	365.80
VI	7.90	10.21	9.27	4.50	58.60	357.87
VII	9.65	13.97	20.33	3.86	42.81	335.52
VIII	9.30	15.80	20.71	2.52	42.31	348.64
XI	8.42	16.08	18.83	2.92	45.05	358.62
X	9.41	13.77	6.79	4.83	55.31	382.77
Mean	8.79	12.65	15.21	3.92	50.07	349.25

, represents the maximum and minimum values, respectively, CP = Crude protein, EE = Crude fat, CF = Crude fiber, CA = Ash Content, TCA = Total carbohydrate, CV = Caloric value.