Freddy Amores

The genome sequence of the most widely cultivated cacao type and its use to identify candidate genes regulating pod color

Juan Carlos Motamayor, Keithanne Mockaitis, Jeremy Schmutz et al. · Genome biology · 2013 · 311 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Plant Sciences +15

Species Diversity, Community Dynamics, and Metabolite Kinetics of the Microbiota Associated with Traditional Ecuadorian Spontaneous Cocoa Bean Fermentations

Zoi Papalexandratou, Gwen Falony, Edwina Romanens et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2011 · 137 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Food Science, Microbiology +17

Genetic Characterization of the Cacao Cultivar CCN 51: Its Impact and Significance on Global Cacao Improvement and Production

Edward J. Boza, Juan Carlos Motamayor, Freddy Amores et al. · Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science · 2014 · 110 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Crop Sciences, Genetics +13

Prediction of Cacao (Theobroma cacao) Resistance to Moniliophthora spp. Diseases via Genome-Wide Association Analysis and Genomic Selection

Michel McElroy, Alberto J. R. Navarro, Guiliana Mustiga et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science · 2018 · 63 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Crop Sciences, Plant Sciences +17

Insight into the Wild Origin, Migration and Domestication History of the Fine Flavour Nacional Theobroma cacao L. Variety from Ecuador

Rey Gastón Loor Solorzano, Olivier Fouet, Arnaud Lemainque et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 59 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Plant Sciences +17