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Climate change could threaten cocoa production: Effects of 2015-16 El Niño-related drought on cocoa agroforests in Bahia, Brazil by Gateau-Rey, Lauranne, Tanner, Edmund V J, Rapidel, Bruno, Marelli, Jean-Philippe, Royaert, Stefan

“…Climate models predict a possible increase in the frequency of strong climate events such as El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which in parts of the tropics…”
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Single-base resolution methylomes of somatic embryogenesis in Theobroma cacao L. reveal epigenome modifications associated with somatic embryo abnormalities by Garcia, Claudia, Furtado de Almeida, Alex-Alan, Costa, Marcio, Britto, Dahyana, Correa, Fabio, Mangabeira, Pedro, Silva, Lidiane, Silva, Jose, Royaert, Stefan, Marelli, Jean-Philippe

“…Propagation by somatic embryogenesis in Theobroma cacao has some issues to be solved, as many morphologically abnormal somatic embryos that do not germinate…”
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SNP markers associated with resistance to frosty pod and black pod rot diseases in an F1 population of Theobroma cacao L by Gutiérrez, Osman A., Puig, Alina S., Phillips-Mora, Wilbert, Bailey, Bryan A., Ali, Shahin S., Mockaitis, Keithanne, Schnell, Raymond J., Livingstone, Donald, Mustiga, Guiliana, Royaert, Stefan, Motamayor, Juan Carlos

“…Economically, cacao ( Theobroma cacao L.) is a major tropical commodity for the Americas; however, severe losses due to Moniliophthora roreri (Cif. and Par.),…”
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Identification of Climate and Genetic Factors That Control Fat Content and Fatty Acid Composition of Theobroma cacao L. Beans by Mustiga, Guiliana M., Morrissey, Joe, Stack, Joseph Conrad, DuVal, Ashley, Royaert, Stefan, Jansen, Johannes, Bizzotto, Carolina, Villela-Dias, Cristiano, Mei, Linkai, Cahoon, Edgar B., Seguine, Ed, Marelli, Jean Philippe, Motamayor, Juan Carlos

“…The main ingredients of chocolate are usually cocoa powder, cocoa butter, and sugar. Both the powder and the butter are extracted from the beans of the cacao…”
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Genetic Parameters and the Impact of Off-Types for Theobroma cacao L. in a Breeding Program in Brazil by DuVal, Ashley, Gezan, Salvador A, Mustiga, Guiliana, Stack, Conrad, Marelli, Jean-Philippe, Chaparro, José, Livingstone, 3rd, Donald, Royaert, Stefan, Motamayor, Juan C

“…Breeding programs of cacao ( L.) trees share the many challenges of breeding long-living perennial crops, and genetic progress is further constrained by both…”
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Population genomic analyses of the chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao L., provide insights into its domestication process by Cornejo, Omar E., Yee, Muh-Ching, Dominguez, Victor, Andrews, Mary, Sockell, Alexandra, Strandberg, Erika, Livingstone, Donald, Stack, Conrad, Romero, Alberto, Umaharan, Pathmanathan, Royaert, Stefan, Tawari, Nilesh R., Ng, Pauline, Gutierrez, Osman, Phillips, Wilbert, Mockaitis, Keithanne, Bustamante, Carlos D., Motamayor, Juan C.

“…Domestication has had a strong impact on the development of modern societies. We sequenced 200 genomes of the chocolate plant Theobroma cacao L. to show for…”
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The Duplicated B-Class Heterodimer Model: Whorl-Specific Effects and Complex Genetic Interactions in Petunia hybrida Flower Development by Vandenbussche, Michiel, Zethof, Jan, Royaert, Stefan, Weterings, Koen, Gerats, Tom

“…In both Antirrhinum (Antirrhinum majus) and Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), the floral B-function, which specifies petal and stamen development, is…”
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QTL mapping and identification of SNP-haplotypes affecting yield components of Theobroma cacao L by Fernandes, Luciel dos Santos, Correa, Fábio M., Ingram, Keith T., de Almeida, Alex-Alan Furtado, Royaert, Stefan

“…Cacao is a crop of global relevance that faces constant demands for improved bean yield. However, little is known about the genomic regions controlling the…”
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Mapping of a Major QTL for Ceratocystis Wilt Disease in an F1 Population of Theobroma cacao by Fernandes, Luciel Dos Santos, Royaert, Stefan, Corrêa, Fábio M, Mustiga, Guiliana M, Marelli, Jean-Philippe, Corrêa, Ronan X, Motamayor, Juan C

“…Cacao is an important crop, its beans are key raw materials for the chocolate and cosmetic industries. wilt of cacao (CWC) caused by is a lethal disease for…”
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Abnormalities in somatic embryogenesis caused by 2,4-D: an overview by Garcia, Claudia, Furtado de Almeida, Alex-Alan, Costa, Marcio, Britto, Dahyana, Valle, Raúl, Royaert, Stefan, Marelli, Jean-Philippe

“…Somatic embryogenesis is a morphogenetic event where somatic cells have the ability to produce embryos without gamete fusion. It is used as a technique for…”
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Making a chocolate chip: development and evaluation of a 6K SNP array for Theobroma cacao by Livingstone, Donald, Royaert, Stefan, Stack, Conrad, Mockaitis, Keithanne, May, Greg, Farmer, Andrew, Saski, Christopher, Schnell, Ray, Kuhn, David, Motamayor, Juan Carlos

“…Theobroma cacao, the key ingredient in chocolate production, is one of the world's most important tree fruit crops, with ∼4,000,000 metric tons produced across…”
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Analysis of the Petunia TM6 MADS Box Gene Reveals Functional Divergence within the DEF/AP3 Lineage by Rijpkema, Anneke S, Royaert, Stefan, Zethof, Jan, Weerden, Gerard van der, Gerats, Tom, Vandenbussche, Michiel

“…Antirrhinum majus DEFICIENS (DEF) and Arabidopsis thaliana APETALA3 (AP3) MADS box proteins are required to specify petal and stamen identity. Sampling of…”
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Identification of candidate genes involved in Witches' broom disease resistance in a segregating mapping population of Theobroma cacao L. in Brazil by Royaert, Stefan, Jansen, Johannes, da Silva, Daniela Viana, de Jesus Branco, Samuel Martins, Livingstone, 3rd, Donald S, Mustiga, Guiliana, Marelli, Jean-Philippe, Araújo, Ioná Santos, Corrêa, Ronan Xavier, Motamayor, Juan Carlos

“…Witches' broom disease (WBD) caused by the fungus Moniliophthora perniciosa is responsible for considerable economic losses for cacao producers. One of the…”
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The genome sequence of the most widely cultivated cacao type and its use to identify candidate genes regulating pod color by Motamayor, Juan C, Mockaitis, Keithanne, Schmutz, Jeremy, Haiminen, Niina, Livingstone, 3rd, Donald, Cornejo, Omar, Findley, Seth D, Zheng, Ping, Utro, Filippo, Royaert, Stefan, Saski, Christopher, Jenkins, Jerry, Podicheti, Ram, Zhao, Meixia, Scheffler, Brian E, Stack, Joseph C, Feltus, Frank A, Mustiga, Guiliana M, Amores, Freddy, Phillips, Wilbert, Marelli, Jean Philippe, May, Gregory D, Shapiro, Howard, Ma, Jianxin, Bustamante, Carlos D, Schnell, Raymond J, Main, Dorrie, Gilbert, Don, Parida, Laxmi, Kuhn, David N

“…Theobroma cacao L. cultivar Matina 1-6 belongs to the most cultivated cacao type. The availability of its genome sequence and methods for identifying genes…”
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Assessing microsatellite linkage disequilibrium in wild, cultivated, and mapping populations of Theobroma cacao L. and its impact on association mapping by Stack, J. Conrad, Royaert, Stefan, Gutiérrez, Osman, Nagai, Chifumi, Holanda, Ioná Santos Araújo, Schnell, Raymond, Motamayor, Juan-Carlos

“…Linkage disequilibrium (LD) measured over the genomes of a species can provide important indications for how future association analyses should proceed. This…”
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Optimization of a SNP assay for genotyping Theobroma cacao under field conditions by Livingstone, Donald S. III, Freeman, Barbie, Motamayor, Juan Carlos, Schnell, Raymond J, Royaert, Stefan, Takrama, Jemmy, Meerow, Alan W, Kuhn, David N

“…The tropical tree crop Theobroma cacao L. is grown commercially for its beans, which are used in the production of cocoa butter and chocolate. Although the…”
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Identification of marker-trait associations for self-compatibility in a segregating mapping population of Theobroma cacao L by Royaert, Stefan, Phillips-Mora, Wilbert, Arciniegas Leal, Adriana M, Cariaga, Kathleen, Brown, James Steven, Kuhn, David N, Schnell, Raymond J, Motamayor, Juan Carlos

“…Increasing yield, quality, and disease resistance are important objectives for cacao breeding programs. Yield reduction in material improved for other traits…”
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iXora: exact haplotype inferencing and trait association by Utro, Filippo, Haiminen, Niina, Livingstone, 3rd, Donald, Cornejo, Omar E, Royaert, Stefan, Schnell, Raymond J, Motamayor, Juan Carlos, Kuhn, David N, Parida, Laxmi

“…We address the task of extracting accurate haplotypes from genotype data of individuals of large F1 populations for mapping studies. While methods for…”
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