Abstract

In Cauca, coffee is prioritized in the competitiveness agenda, as a core of innovation to strengthen the appellation of origin; This study evaluates the behavior of the Castillo and Caturra varieties in two production systems, sun and shade determined by lustiness, production and flowering variables, as well as establishing the effect of the agronomic conditions on the crop. The experimental design selected Castillo and Caturra varieties, allowing the evaluation of 40% of plants and monitoring of the variables, using own scales with categories that increase from 1 to 4; the recording and analysis of information used the Excel platform, applying statistical methods of distribution and measures of central tendency, as well as significant evaluation. This is how the statistical process shows favorable results for the Caturra variety with higher percentage of lustiness (90% L1) and flowering (40% L2), but a smaller difference in production (30% L1) compared to Castillo (37% L4) ).