Publications
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Aug 2019
Sampling and detection strategies for the Pine Pitch Canker (PPC) disease pathogen Fusarium circinatum in Europe
Vainio EJ, Bezos D, Braganca H, Cleary M et al.
Forests
Fusarium circinatum Nirenberg & O’Donnel is listed among the species recommended for regulation as quarantine pests in...
Aug 2019
The RIPper, a web-based tool for genome-wide quantification of Repeat-Induced Point (RIP) mutations
van Wyk S, Harrison CH, Wingfield BD, De Vos L et al.
PeerJ
BackgroundThe RIPper (http://theripper.hawk.rocks) is a set of web-based tools designed for analyses of Repeat-Induced Point...
Jul 2019
First Report of Rhizoctonia solani AG 2-2IIIB Causing Elephant Hide on Potato Tubers in South Africa
Gush, S, Muzhinji, M, Truter, M, Van der Waals, J. E.
Plant Disease
Rhizoctonia solani is a common pathogen that affects the yield and quality of potato (Solanum tuberosum) tubers. R. solani...
Nov 2019
Screening for Sclerotinia sclerotiorum resistance using detached leaf assays and simple sequence repeat markers in soybean cultivars
Mbedzi PP, Van den Hooven L, Vorster BJ , Van der Waals J
Crop Protection
May 2019
Improvement of rhizobium‐soybean symbiosis and nitrogen fixation under drought
Kibido T, Kunert K, Makgopa M, Greve M et al.
Food and Energy Security
AbstractThe symbiotic interaction between soybean plants and rhizobacteria can be severely affected by drought, which results in...
Feb 2020
Calonectria pentaseptata causes severe leaf disease on cultivated Eucalyptus in Leizhou Peninsula of southern China
Wang QC, Chen SF
Plant Disease
Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae, Myrtales) trees are widely cultivated for commercial purposes worldwide. Calonectria leaf blight is one of...
Jun 2019
Identification and functional evaluation of accessible chromatin associated with wood formation in Eucalyptus grandis
Brown, K, Takawira, LT, O'Neill, MM, Mizrachi, E et al.
New Phytologist
Summary Accessible chromatin changes dynamically during development and harbours functional regulatory regions which are poorly...
Sampling and detection strategies for the Pine Pitch Canker (PPC) disease pathogen Fusarium circinatum in Europe
Vainio EJ, Bezos D, Braganca H, Cleary M, Gerda Fourie, Georgieva M et al. · Forests, Aug 2019 · DOI
The RIPper, a web-based tool for genome-wide quantification of Repeat-Induced Point (RIP) mutations
Stephanie van Wyk, Harrison CH, Brenda Wingfield, Lieschen De Vos, Albe van der Merwe, Emma Steenkamp · PeerJ, Aug 2019 · DOI
First Report of Rhizoctonia solani AG 2-2IIIB Causing Elephant Hide on Potato Tubers in South Africa
Sasha-Lee Gush, Norman Muzhinji, Truter, M, Jacquie van der Waals · Plant Disease, Jul 2019 · DOI
Screening for Sclerotinia sclerotiorum resistance using detached leaf assays and simple sequence repeat markers in soybean cultivars
Pfano Mbedzi, Van den Hooven L, Juan Vorster, Jacquie van der Waals · Crop Protection, Nov 2019 · DOI
Improvement of rhizobium‐soybean symbiosis and nitrogen fixation under drought
Tsholofelo Kibido, Karl Kunert, Makgopa M, Greve M, Juan Vorster · Food and Energy Security, May 2019 · DOI
Calonectria pentaseptata causes severe leaf disease on cultivated Eucalyptus in Leizhou Peninsula of southern China
Wang QC, ShuaiFei Chen · Plant Disease, Feb 2020 · DOI
Microbiomes and tree health
Mandy Messal · SCION Forest Health News, 2019
Microbiomes and tree health
SCION Forest Health News, 2019
Identification and functional evaluation of accessible chromatin associated with wood formation in Eucalyptus grandis
Katrien Brown, Lazarus Takawira, Marja O'Neill, Eshchar Mizrachi, Zander Myburg, Steven Hussey · New Phytologist, Jun 2019 · DOI