Research Project: Developing Pathogen- and Plant-Based Genetic Tools for Breeding Disease Resistance in Theobroma cacao

Location: Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

Identification of cacao genes responsive to P. palmivora infection in resistant and susceptible cacao clones - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Barauh, I., Ali, S., Shao, J.Y., Lary, D., Bailey, B.A. 2022. Identification of cacao genes responsive to P. palmivora infection in resistant and susceptible cacao clones. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12:780805. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.780805.

Mitochondrial genomics of six cacao pathogens from the basidiomycete family Marasmiaceae - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ali, S., Amoako-Attah, I., Shao, J.Y., Meinhardt, L.W., Bailey, B.A. 2021. Mitochondrial genomics of six cacao pathogens from the basidiomycete family Marasmiaceae. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12:752094. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.752094.

Identification and characterization of fungi causing thread blight diseases on cacao in Ghana - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Amoako-Attah, I., Ali, S., Aime, C.M., Odamtten, G., Cornelius, E., Nyaku, S., Kumi-Assare, E., Yahaya, H., Bailey, B.A. 2020. Identification and characterization of fungi causing thread blight diseases on cacao in Ghana. Plant Disease. 11:3033-3042.

Disease and production Index (DPI) for selection of Cacao (Theobroma cacao) genotypes highly productive and tolerant to frosty pod rot (Moniliophthora roreri) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Jaimez, R.E., Vera, D.I., Mora, A., Loor, R.G., Bailey, B.A. 2020. Disease and production Index (DPI) for selection of Cacao (Theobroma cacao) genotypes highly productive and tolerant to frosty pod rot (Moniliophthora roreri). Plant Pathology. 69(4), p.698-712.

Survival capacity of cacao top grafted with scions infected by vascular streak dieback pathogen: potential source of ceratobasidium theobromae long-distance spread - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Adi, A., Rosmana, A., Amin, N., Bailey, B.A., Ali, S. 2019. Survival capacity of cacao top grafted with scions infected by vascular streak dieback pathogen: potential source of ceratobasidium theobromae long-distance spread. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection. 52:13-14.

Genome and transcriptome analysis of the latent pathogen lasiodiplodia Theobromae, an emerging threat to cacao industry - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ali, S., Shao, J.Y., Adi, A., Balidion, J., Strem, M., Puig, A.S., Meinhardt, L.W., Bailey, B.A. 2019. Genome and transcriptome analysis of the latent pathogen lasiodiplodia Theobromae, an emerging threat to cacao industry. Genes, Genomes, and Genomics. 63:37–52.

Draft genome sequence of fastidious pathogen Ceratobasidium theobromae, which causes vascular-streak dieback (VSD) in Theobroma cacao - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ali, S., Asman, A., Shao, J.Y., Firmansyah, A., Susilo, A., Rosamana, A., Mcmahon, P., Junaid, M., Guest, D., Kheng, T., Meinhardt, L.W., Bailey, B.A. 2019. Draft genome sequence of fastidious pathogen Ceratobasidium theobromae, which causes vascular-streak dieback (VSD) in Theobroma cacao. Fungal Biology and Biotechnology. 6:14.

Chocolate under threat from old and new cacao diseases - (Review Article)
Philippe Marelli, J., Guest, D.I., Bailey, B.A., Evans, H., Brown, J.K., Juanid, M., Barreto, R.W., Lisboa, D.O., Puig, A.S. 2019. Chocolate under threat from old and new cacao diseases. Phytopathology. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-12-18-0477-RVW.

The differential influence of temperature on Phytophthora megakarya and Phytophthora palmivora pod lesion expansion, mycelia growth, gene expression, and metabolite profiles - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Puig, A.S., Ali, S., Strem, M.D., Sicher Jr, R.C., Gutierrez, O.A., Bailey, B.A. 2018. The differential influence of temperature on Phytophthora megakarya and Phytophthora palmivora pod lesion expansion, mycelia growth, gene expression, and metabolite profiles. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 102:95-112.