Funding

Funding bodies and collaborators

EPPI collaborates with the following people and groups

Prof A.A Myburg, who is directing the
Forest Molecular Genetics Programme (FMG) Prof Dave Berger head of the
Molecular Plant-Pathogen Interactions research group.

Dr Noëani Van den Berg is leading the research group
Fruit Tree Biotechnology Programme
Prof Teresa Coutinho has her research group within
Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP)

Dr Emma Steenkamp supervisor of the
Microbial Diversity and Evolution Group

New Publications

Swanepoel S, Naidoo S. (2026) A weighted gene co-expression network analysis characterises the common defence responses of Eucalyptus to diverse biotic challenges. Scientific Reports 16:5387. 10.1038/s41598-025-32699-z

Vincent C, Singh A, Michalczyk GZ, Lane SL, Kaur R, Gill AR, Dziedzic N, De Silva K, Cho A, Cardoso AA, Alade DO, Tejera-Nieves M, Sharkey TD, Schmiege SC, Pelech E, Locke AM, Leisner CP, Teshome DT. (2025) Importance of measuring and reporting environmental conditions across plant science subdisciplines. Plant Physiology 199(2) 10.1093/plphys/kiaf405

Solís M, Hammerbacher A, Wingfield MJ, Naidoo S. (2025) Transcriptional responses of Eucalyptus to infection by an aggressive leaf blight pathogen reveal the role of host secondary metabolites during pathogen germination. Plant Molecular Biology 115 10.1007/s11103-025-01625-2

Lötter A, Bruna T, Duong TA, Barry K, Lipzen A, Daum C, Yoshinaga Y, Grimwood J, Jenkins JW, Talag J, Borevitz J, Lovell JT, Schmutz J, Wegrzyn JL, Myburg AA. (2025) A haplotype-resolved reference genome for Eucalyptus grandis. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics 10.1093/g3journal/jkaf112

Solís M, Hammerbacher A, Wingfield M.J, Naidoo S. (2025) Enhancing plantation forest sustainability: A review of Eucalyptus defence mechanisms to foliar fungal pathogens. Current Forestry Reports 10.1007/s40725-024-00243-3

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Prof A.A Myburg, who is directing the Forest Molecular Genetics Programme (FMG)	Prof Dave Berger head of the Molecular Plant-Pathogen Interactions research group.


Dr Noëani Van den Berg is leading the research group Fruit Tree Biotechnology Programme	Prof Teresa Coutinho has her research group within Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP)


Dr Emma Steenkamp supervisor of the Microbial Diversity and Evolution Group