39 FABI students graduate at the UP Autumn Graduation Ceremony 2015-04-28
FABI is proud to have had two PhD, 21 MSc and 16 Honours students capped at the Autumn 2015 graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences held on 22 April. With this FABI continues to make a significant contribution to the number of postgraduate students graduating from the Faculty. This is line with the Institute’s aim of producing high quality research output. We applaud all the FABIans listed below and wish them well in their future studies and endeavors.
PhD
Dr. Gudrun Dittrich-Schröder: Molecular ecology and management of Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in South Africa
Dr. Bianca Reeksting: Elucidating the early response of Persea americana to Phytophthora cinnamomi and flooding
MSc
Microbiology
Tondani Kone: Characterization of sex-pheromone receptor genes of Fusarium species and other Sordariomycetes
Olga Mashandule: Population biology of Fusarium circinatum Nirenberg et O'Donnell associated with South African Pinus radiata D.Don plantation trees
Linda Ndove: Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Podocarpaceae in South Africa
Plant Pathology
Renate Botha: Evaluating Cavendish banana clones for tolerance to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense
Silvia Mausse Sitoe: Diseases of Eucalypts in Mozambique with particular reference to the Cryphonectriaceae
Medicinal Plant Science
Sarah Stanton: The polyamines and endophytes of gousiekte-causing and non-pathogenic Vangueria and Pavetta species
Bioinformatics
Jon Ambler: Genome characterisation, with special reference to gene silencing mechanisms, of Armillaria fuscipes
Biotechnology
Monique Heystek: Promoter analysis of three defense gene family members from maize in response to Cercospora zeina
Degracious Kgoale: Gene expression study of candidate Arabidopsis defence genes in response to the bacterial wilt pathogen
Brigette Langenhoven: Characterisation of three putative effector genes from the maize foliar pathogen Cercospora zeina
Rynier Lourens: Identification and characterisation of the Eucalyptus grandis non-expressor of pathogenesis related 1 (NPR1) genes.
Mischa Muller: Molecular diversity of the maize pathogen Cercospora zeina in South Africa
Thomas Schmidt: Transient biolistic transformation in maize leaves
Pooja Singh: Transcriptome-wide analysis of predicted proteome variation segregating in a Eucalyptus hybrid family
Erik Visser: Pinus patula transcriptome assembly
Entomology
Katie Termer: Biotic and abiotic determinants of resource quality for the larvae of the European woodwasp, Sirex noctilio
Genetics
Elrea Appelgryn: Characterization of Phytophthora cinnamomi from avocado
Sitha Ramsuchit: Establishment of cross-pathogenicity of two different Phytophthora cinnamomi A2 isolates on hosts, Persea americana and Eucalyptus spp., and the host response to these isolates
Danielle Roodt: The mating genetics and core genome of Ceratocystis albifundus
Plant Science
Jean Hakizimana: Understanding the role of endophytes in avocado root health and in enhancing its tolerance against Phytophthora cinnamomi
MSc Agric
Plant Pathology
Edgar Mangwende: Seed-borne fungi of herbs cultivated in South Africa and evaluation of non- chemical seed treatments to control Alternaria sp. on coriander
BSc Honours with projects in FABI
Bioinformatics
Biotechnology
Elelwani Ramulifho
Genetics
Andrew Behrens
Yves du Toit
Microbiology
Erika Bruck
Ashleigh Geldenhuys
Kirsten Kenchenten
Nompumelelo Msiza
Biotumelo Ntlatleng
Inge Pietersen
Stefan Priem
Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry