%0 Journal Article %T Exploring drought tolerance in coffee: a physiological approach with some insights for plant breeding %A DaMatta F¨¢bio Murilo %J Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology %D 2004 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X This paper briefly reviews some selected traits (leaf area, crown architecture, water-use efficiency and carbon isotope discrimination, water relations and root characteristics), which may be explored in breeding programmes to tolerance to drought stress in arabica and robusta coffee. %K Coffea %K water deficit %K water use %K yield %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-04202004000100001