A Complex of Badnavirus Species Infecting Cacao Reveals Mixed Infections, Extensive Genomic Variability, and Interspecific Recombination

by Roberto Ramos-Sobrinho, Nomatter Chingandu, Osman A. Gutierrez, Jean-Philippe Marelli, Judith K. Brown
Published 2020-04-01

Climate change could threaten cocoa production: Effects of 2015-16 El Niño-related drought on cocoa agroforests in Bahia, Brazil.

by Lauranne Gateau-Rey, Edmund V J Tanner, Bruno Rapidel, Jean-Philippe Marelli, Stefan Royaert
Published 2018-01-01

<i>Phytophthora palmivora</i> Causing Disease on <i>Theobroma cacao</i> in Hawaii

by Alina Sandra Puig, Wilber Quintanilla, Tracie Matsumoto, Lisa Keith, Osman Ariel Gutierrez, Jean-Philippe Marelli
Published 2021-04-01

Mapping of a Major QTL for Ceratocystis Wilt Disease in an F1 Population of Theobroma cacao

by Luciel dos Santos Fernandes, Stefan Royaert, Fábio M. Corrêa, Guiliana M. Mustiga, Jean-Philippe Marelli, Ronan X. Corrêa, Juan C. Motamayor
Published 2018-02-01

Independent Whole-Genome Duplications Define the Architecture of the Genomes of the Devastating West African Cacao Black Pod Pathogen Phytophthora megakarya and Its Close Relative...

by Abraham Morales-Cruz, Shahin S. Ali, Andrea Minio, Rosa Figueroa-Balderas, Jadran F. García, Takao Kasuga, Alina S. Puig, Jean-Philippe Marelli, Bryan A. Bailey, Dario Cantu
Published 2020-07-01

Genetic Parameters and the Impact of Off-Types for Theobroma cacao L. in a Breeding Program in Brazil

by Ashley DuVal, Ashley DuVal, Salvador A. Gezan, Guiliana Mustiga, Conrad Stack, Jean-Philippe Marelli, José Chaparro, Donald Livingstone, Stefan Royaert, Juan C. Motamayor
Published 2017-12-01

Identification of Climate and Genetic Factors That Control Fat Content and Fatty Acid Composition of Theobroma cacao L. Beans

by Guiliana M. Mustiga, Joe Morrissey, Joseph Conrad Stack, Ashley DuVal, Stefan Royaert, Johannes Jansen, Carolina Bizzotto, Cristiano Villela-Dias, Linkai Mei, Edgar B. Cahoon, Ed Seguine, Jean Philippe Marelli, Juan Carlos Motamayor
Published 2019-10-01

Phytophthora theobromicola sp. nov.: A New Species Causing Black Pod Disease on Cacao in Brazil

by Jennifer Decloquement, Roberto Ramos-Sobrinho, Samuel Galvão Elias, Dahyana Santos Britto, Alina Sandra Puig, Ailton Reis, Rildo Alexandre Fernandes da Silva, Jaime Honorato-Júnior, Edna Dora Martins Newman Luz, Danilo Batista Pinho, Jean-Philippe Marelli
Published 2021-03-01