%0 Journal Article %T Exploring drought tolerance in coffee: a physiological approach with some insights for plant breeding %A DaMatta %A F¨¢bio Murilo %J Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology %D 2004 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S1677-04202004000100001 %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_abstract&pid=S1677-04202004000100001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en