FTBP Team
Dr Velushka Swart
Prof Noelani van den Berg
Dr Robert Backer
Dr Maryke Carstens
Ms Ncobile Kunene
Ms Makhosazana Ngema
Dr Magriet van der Nest
Ms Alicia Fick
Ms Melissa Joubert
Mr Phinda Magagula
Ms Kayla Alexis Midgley
Ms Tsakani Miyambo
Ms Heike Möller
Ms Alicia Vermeulen
Ms Raven Wienk
Ms Susanna Anbu
Ms Katelyn Baird
Ms Johane Cilliers
Mr Aaron Harvey
Ms Shalya Moodley
Ms Julia Lutz
Mr Johannes (JJ) Nelson
Ms Annabel NorvalNew Publications
Hlongwane NL, Dzomba EF, Hadebe K, van der Nest MA, Pierneef R, Muchadeyi FC. (2024) Identification of signatures of positive selection that have shaped the genomic landscape of South African pig populations. Animals 14:235.
10.3390/ani14020236
De Vos L, van der Nest MA, Santana QC, van Wyk S, Leeuwendaal KS, Wingfield BD, Steenkamp ET. (2024) Chromosome-level assemblies for the pine pitch canker pathogen Fusarium circinatum. Pathogens 13(1):70.
10.3390/pathogens13010070
Joubert M, van den Berg N, Theron J, Swart V. (2024) Global transcriptomic analysis in avocado nursery trees reveals differential gene expression during asymptomatic infection by avocado sunblotch viroid (ASBVd). Virus Research 339:199263.
10.1016/j.virusres.2023.199263. 
Anbu SP, Swart V, van den Berg N. (2023) Unmasking the invaders: NLR-mal function in plant defense. Frontiers in Plant Science 14:1307294.
10.3389/fpls.2023.1307294
Backer R, Naidoo S, van den Berg N. (2023) The expression of the NPR1-dependent defense response pathway genes in Persea americana (Mill.) following infection with Phytophthora cinnamomi. BMC Plant Biology 23(1):548.
10.1186/s12870-023-04541-z