Genome analysis of Ceratobasidium theobromae and its causal association with cassava witches’ broom disease in the Philippines
, supported by an improved reference genome, indicate that Philippine isolates, whether infecting cassava or cacao, are more closely related to each other than to isolates from continental SEA. Furthermore, isolates from the recent outbreak in the Americas are more closely related to those from continental SEA than to those from the Philippines.
Authors
- Cris Q. Cortaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0723-4312)
- Warren Arinaitwe
- Al Imran Malik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8688-2117)
- Alejandra Gil-Ordóñez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7493-475X)
- Monica Fronda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1517-3813)
- Ana M. Leiva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7302-8253)
- John Emmanuel B. Tandang
- Wilmer Cuellar
- Juan M Pardo
- Jonathan Newby
- Clarise Marie S. Evaristo
Institutions
- University of the Philippines Los Baños (PH)
- Kasetsart University (TH)
- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (KE)
- Universidad del Valle (CO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Fungal Biology
- Published
- 2026-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/ffunb.2026.1800255
- Primary Topic
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research