About cacaopathogenomics.com
The University of California Davis, USDA ARS, and Mars, Incorporated have teamed up to develop genomic resources for the major fungal and oomycete pathogens of cacao.
This repository provides public access to genome references, resequencing and gene expression data. These resources are being used by Mars, Incorporated and collaborators to study the evolution, geographical diversity, host-specificity and biology of the causal agents of cacao black pod (Phytophthora megakarya, P. palmivora), witches' broom (Moniliophthora perniciosa), and frosty pod (Moniliophthora roreri).
Project leaders: Dario Cantu (UC Davis), Bryan Bailey (USDA/ARS), Jean-Philippe Marelli (Mars Wrigley Plant Sciences Laboratory).
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News
June 20, 2023 - New paper published
Clonal reproduction of Moniliophthora roreri and the emergence of unique lineages with distinct genomes during range expansion
Andrea Minio, Rosa Figueroa-Balderas, Stephen P Cohen, Shahin S Ali, Denny Carriel, Dahyana Britto, Conrad Stack, Indrani K Baruah, Jean-Philippe Marelli, Dario Cantu, Bryan A Bailey G3: GENES, GENOMES, GENETICS June 20, 2023; https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkad125
May 1, 2020 - New paper published
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 Phytophthora palmivora
G3: GENES, GENOMES, GENETICS Early online April 30, 2020; https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.120.401014
May 1, 2020 - cacaopathogenomics.com open
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The University of California Davis, USDA ARS, and Mars, Incorporated have teamed up to develop genomic resources for the major fungal and oomycete pathogens of cacao. This repository provides public access to genome references, resequencing and gene expression data.
Species
megakarya
GH34
megakarya
PH25
megakarya
PH95
palmivora
GH49
palmivora
C18
palmivora
Phaech
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