Coffee crops in the region of the High Jequitinhonha, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, has become more expressive. However, there is still little information on the influence of the nutritional state of the coffee tree on the beverage quality and the yield. The objective of this work was to carry out a survey of the quality of the coffee beverage and assess the nutritional status of the High Jequitinhonha, using DRIS. Yield, polyphenyloxidase enzyme activity of the grains coffee and leaf nutrient contents were observed in two crops (2005 and 2006) for the calculation of DRIS for a diagnosis of the nutritional state of the coffee. The region of the High Jequitinhonha can produce higher quality coffee ( "soft", "barely soft" and "strictly soft" beverages), and the best nutritional status of coffee plantations produced 65.0 sacks ha-1 and beverage qualities "soft" and "barely soft."
Coffee; Coffea arabica; foliar diagnosis; poliphenyloxidase; coloration index; total sugars
