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Genomic insights into trichome and inflorescence evolution of the palaeopolyploid tree genus Greyia
By Ma X, Chang J, Botes J, Van de Peer Y, D Berger
The southern African endemic tree Greyia Hook. & Harv. (Francoaceae, Geraniales) comprises three species distinguished by striking variation in trichome morphology and inflorescence architecture, yet the genomic and regulatory basis of these traits has remained largely unexplored. Here, we present chromosome-scale genome assemblies for all recognised Greyia species, namely Greyia radlkoferi,...
Nov 2026
Characterisation and Pathogenicity of Botryosphaeriaceae Species Associated With Avocado in South Africa
Beukes Heike, Slippers Bernard, Coetzee Martin, van den Berg Noëlani
Plant Pathology
ABSTRACT Botryosphaeriaceae fungi are important pathogens of woody plants, including fruit and nut crops such as avocado,...
Oct 2026
Lost and Found: Western Honey Bee ( Apis mellifera ) Matrix Metalloproteinase 1
Braunisch Jessica, Werner Ken, Ernst Ulrich R., Pirk Christian W. W. et al.
Ecology and Evolution
ABSTRACT The quality of reference genomes is of utmost importance as they and the therein annotated genes and proteins serve as...
Nov 2026
Five New Tolypocladium Species from Lichen Thalli in the Tibet Autonomous Region with Antifungal and Cytotoxic Activities
Si, Hongli, Ji, Mingyan, Li, Yuchen, Miao, Congcong et al.
Journal of Fungi
Endolichenic fungi associated with lichen thalli remain insufficiently documented. During a survey of lichens from the Tibet...
Nov 2026
Genomic insights into trichome and inflorescence evolution of the palaeopolyploid tree genus Greyia
Ma X, Chang J, Botes J, Van de Peer Y et al.
The Plant Journal
Molecular Plant-Pathogen Interactions
The southern African endemic tree Greyia Hook. & Harv. (Francoaceae, Geraniales) comprises three species distinguished by...
2026
Seiridium insolitum sp. nov.: a new canker pathogen on Cupressus and Hesperocyparis in Southern Africa
Aylward J, Roets F, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ
Journal of Plant Pathology
2026
A comparison of twenty-six baits for isolating Calonectria species illustrates differences in their efficacy and relevance
Zhou HX, Dong HB, Zhou WW, Wingfield MJ et al.
IMA Fungus
2026
Two decades of the Immersiporthe knoxdaviesiana (Cryphonectriaceae) canker outbreak driven by clonal pathogen lineages
Pham NQ, Suzuki H, Marincowitz S, Roets F et al.
Plant Pathology
2026
The pine-infesting bark beetle, Cyrtogenius luteus (Coleoptera: Scolytinae), discovered in South Africa
Gürtel ND, Pham NQ, Roux J, Nel WJ et al.
African Entomology
2026
Parasitoid diversity associated with Phoracantha semipunctata and Phoracantha recurva in South African Eucalyptus plantations
Schröder ML, van Noort S, Greyling I, Hurley BP
African Entomology
Characterisation and Pathogenicity of Botryosphaeriaceae Species Associated With Avocado in South Africa
Heike Beukes, Bernard Slippers, Martin Coetzee, Noelani van den Berg · Plant Pathology, Nov 2026 · DOI
Lost and Found: Western Honey Bee ( Apis mellifera ) Matrix Metalloproteinase 1
Braunisch Jessica, Werner Ken, Ernst Ulrich R., Pirk Christian W. W., Buttstedt Anja · Ecology and Evolution, Oct 2026 · DOI
Five New Tolypocladium Species from Lichen Thalli in the Tibet Autonomous Region with Antifungal and Cytotoxic Activities
Si, Hongli, Ji, Mingyan, Li, Yuchen, Miao, Congcong, Hu, Ling, Tanay Bose et al. · Journal of Fungi, Nov 2026 · DOI
Genomic insights into trichome and inflorescence evolution of the palaeopolyploid tree genus Greyia
Ma X, Chang J, Jana Botes, Van de Peer Y, Dave Berger · The Plant Journal, Nov 2026 · DOI
Seiridium insolitum sp. nov.: a new canker pathogen on Cupressus and Hesperocyparis in Southern Africa
Janneke Aylward, Roets F, Brenda Wingfield, Mike Wingfield · Journal of Plant Pathology, 2026 · DOI
A comparison of twenty-six baits for isolating Calonectria species illustrates differences in their efficacy and relevance
Zhou HX, Dong HB, Zhou WW, Mike Wingfield, Chen SF · IMA Fungus, 2026 · DOI
Two decades of the Immersiporthe knoxdaviesiana (Cryphonectriaceae) canker outbreak driven by clonal pathogen lineages
Nam Pham, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Seonju Marincowitz, Roets F, Trudy Paap, Kapsosideris N et al. · Plant Pathology, 2026 · DOI
The pine-infesting bark beetle, Cyrtogenius luteus (Coleoptera: Scolytinae), discovered in South Africa
Nadia Gürtel, Nam Pham, Jolanda Roux, Wilma Nel, Brenda Wingfield, Mike Wingfield · African Entomology, 2026 · DOI
Parasitoid diversity associated with Phoracantha semipunctata and Phoracantha recurva in South African Eucalyptus plantations
Michelle Schroder, van Noort S, Greyling I, Brett Hurley · African Entomology, 2026 · DOI