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Author:

Swanson, John-David

Title:

Flower development in Theobroma cacao L.: An assessment of morphological and molecular conservation of floral development between Arabidopsis thaliana and Theobroma cacao

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Flower development
Theobroma cacao
Arabidopsis
morphology
genomics

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark Guiltinan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Edward Carlson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hong Ma, Committee Member
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member

Author:

Marelli, Jean-Phlippe

Title:

SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM AS A MODEL SYSTEM TO STUDY PATHOGENICITY MECHANISMS OF MONILIOPHTHORA PERNICIOSA, THE CAUSAL AGENT OF WITCHES' BROOM DISEASE OF THEOBROMA CACAO

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

Genetic transformation
Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Theobroma cacao
witches broom
Moniliophthora perniciosa
Chitinase
QTL
NIL
Science Technology and Society

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark Guiltinan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seogchan Kang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paula Mc Steen, Committee Member
Paul Anthony Backman, Committee Member
Wenda Bauchspies, Committee Member

Author:

Winters, Noah

Title:

Evolutionary and Functional Genetics of Disease Resistance in Theobroma cacao and its Wild Relatives

Graduate Program:

Ecology (PHD)

Keywords:

Disease resistance
Evolutionary genetics
Theobroma cacao

File:

Download Dissertation_NPW_28Jan2021_Edits_04Apr2022.pdf

Committee Members:

James Marden, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Claude Depamphilis, Minor & Outside Field Member
Kevin Hockett, Outside Unit & Major Field Member
Mark Guiltinan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Brown, Allison

Title:

UNDERSTANDING FLAVOR IN FINE OR FLAVOR THEOBROMA CACAO: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH APPROACH

Graduate Program:

Food Science (PHD)

Keywords:

fine or flavor cocoa
craft chocolate
Theobroma cacao
consumer choice
descriptive analysis
international development
human subjects
agriculture
chocolate
Honduras
value chain
supply chain
sensory evaluation
focus group
interview
qualitative

File:

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Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Helene Hopfer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joshua Lambert, Major Field Member
Greg Ziegler, Major Field Member
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dashner, Zachary

Title:

Novel Biotechnological Approaches to Understand And Reduce Cadmium in the Iron Uptake Pathway of Theobroma Cacao

Graduate Program:

Horticulture (PHD)

Keywords:

Cadmium
Heavy metal accumulation
cacao
chocolate
Theobroma cacao
transporters
Hairy roots transformation
Fe (Iron) transport
ZIP/IRT1-like
R. rhizogenes
Altered selectivity of transporters

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Cristina Rosa, Outside Unit & Field Member
Siela Maximova, Major Field Member
Erin Connolly, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ruairidh Sawers, Major Field Member