NPR1-like genes in Theobroma cacao: Evolutionary insights and potential in enhancing resistance to Phytophthora megakarya

• Muhammad Umar Rasheed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Aiman Malik,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Zeshan Haider,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Adnan Sami,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Muhammad Shafiq,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Qurban Ali,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Arshad Javed,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Ansar Ali

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review editing

  * E-mail: ansarali@utexas.edu

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Molecular Bioscience, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4113-6137

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