Ms Otlotleng Moloto



MSc student

Department

Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
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Primary Supervisor
Thabiso Motaung

I completed my BSc (Hons) Microbiology degree in 2021 under the supervision of Dr David Read. My honours project involved the study of plant virus diversity in various grapevine cultivars. 

I am currently doing my MSc in Microbiology under the supervision of Dr Thabiso Motaung. My project involves CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing of sweet potato for resistance against sweet potato virus disease (SPVD).

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Publication
Otlotleng Moloto, Gerhard Pietersen, Dirk Swanevelder, Genevieve Thompson, David Read. (2022) First report of grapevine polerovirus 1 in South Africa. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 17(1) 10.1007/s13314-022-00459-x