Open AccessThe Fungus, the Witches’ Broom, and the Chocolate Tree: Deciphering the Molecular Interplay between Moniliophthora perniciosa and Theobroma cacao
Author(s) -
Kathleen L. Farquharson
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.114.133462
Subject(s) - theobroma , broom , biology , sterculiaceae , fungus , botany , tree (set theory) , horticulture , ecology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
As American cartoonist Charles Schulz once put it: “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” An aggressive and intractable hemibiotrophic fungus, Moniliophthora perniciosa , is ravaging chocolate tree ( Theobroma cacao ) plantations in many American countries,
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