Genome-wide association studies and genomic selection assays made in a large sample of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) germplasm reveal significant marker-trait associations and good predictive value for improving yield potential

Frances L. Bekele; Gillian G. Bidaisee; Mathilde Allegre; Xavier Argout; Olivier Fouet; Michel Boccara; Duraisamy Saravanakumar; Isaac Bekele; Claire Lanaud

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0260907

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Genome-wide association studies and genomic selection assays made in a large sample of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) germplasm reveal significant marker-trait associations and good predictive value for improving yield potential

Frances L. Bekele ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: frances.bekele@sta.uwi.edu

Affiliation Cocoa Research Centre, The University of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4345-4358

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Gillian G. Bidaisee,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cocoa Research Centre, The University of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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Mathilde Allegre,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), UMR AGAP Institute, Montpellier, France, AGAP Institute, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Xavier Argout,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), UMR AGAP Institute, Montpellier, France, AGAP Institute, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Olivier Fouet,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), UMR AGAP Institute, Montpellier, France, AGAP Institute, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Michel Boccara,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), UMR AGAP Institute, Montpellier, France, AGAP Institute, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Duraisamy Saravanakumar,

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Food Production, Faculty of Food and Agriculture, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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Isaac Bekele,

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Food and Agriculture, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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Claire Lanaud

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), UMR AGAP Institute, Montpellier, France, AGAP Institute, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Genome-wide association studies and genomic selection assays made in a large sample of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) germplasm reveal significant marker-trait associations and good predictive value for improving yield potential

Frances L. Bekele,
Gillian G. Bidaisee,
Mathilde Allegre,
Xavier Argout,
Olivier Fouet,
Michel Boccara,
Duraisamy Saravanakumar,
Isaac Bekele,
Claire Lanaud

Published: October 6, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260907

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