Batian is a tall Kenyan composite variety combining high yield, leaf rust tolerance, CBD resistance and good cup quality.
Batian is a tall composite variety from Kenya's Coffee Research Station at Ruiru (now KALRO), released in 2010. It came from single-tree selections in the fifth generation from the male parent of some Ruiru 11 progenies, mixing three pure lines whose original crosses involved SL28, SL34, Rume Sudan, N39, K7, SL4 and the Timor Hybrid. WCR describes it as well suited to smallholders because it pairs tall stature and disease resistance with good cup quality and tolerance of low management. Its yield and rust resistance were evaluated at 23 sites in 15 countries in WCR's International Multilocation Variety Trial.
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Batian was created by single-tree selections from the fifth generation of the male parent of some Ruiru 11 progenies, so the tall Batian shares its pollen-parent line with the compact Ruiru 11.
Family tree
Batian is a cross of SL28 and SL34 and Sudan Rume and N39 and K7 and Timor Hybrid.
Grown in
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- World Coffee Research variety page: Batian · World Coffee Research