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The coffee crop (green beans) includes mineral nutrients which are therefore removed from the plantation system. Compared with some crops (for example, sugar cane) the quantities are not large. Catani and de Moraes (1958) estimated that the major nutrients removed in 1 tonne of arabica green beans amounted to 34.0 kg N, 5.2kg P2O5 and 47.8 kg K2O. However the crop is harvested as cherry which includes pulp and parchment in addition to the beans. In many cases these are not returned to the field so that the nutrients therein are lost to the system. Using data published by Ripperton, Goto and Pahau (1935: 55) the nutrients removed in the bean, pulp and parchment equivalent to 1 tonne of arabica green beans are: in bean, 45.5 kg N, 7.67 kg P2O5, and 37.9 kg K2O; in parchment, 2.27 kg N, 0.3 kg P2O5 and 1.87 kg K2O; in pulp, 15.33 kg N, 3.67 kg P2O5 and 27.4 kg K2O. Ripperton et al. (1935: 47) showed that the concentration of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in the constituents of the cherry varied according to the soil and fertiliser applications. Roelofsen and Coolhaas (1940) reported that the total losses of nutrients from the plantation equivalent to 1 tonne of robusta green bean were: 35 kg N, 6 kg P2O5, 50 kg K2O, 4 kg CaO, 4 kg MgO, 0.3 kg Fe2O3, 0.02 kg Mn3O4. Malavolta, Graner, Sarruge and Gomes (1963) reported the concentrations of macro-and micro-nutrients in pulp and beans of arabica coffee.
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Willson, C. (1985). Mineral Nutrition and Fertiliser Needs. In: Clifford, M.N., Willson, K.C. (eds) Coffee. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6657-1_6
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