Publications

2019

The impact of the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer on Pecan trees in South Africa

Fell S, De Beer ZW

SA Pecan

Apr 2019

Adaptive variation for growth and resistance to a novel pathogen along climatic gradients in a foundation tree

Ahrens CW, Mazanec RA, Paap T, Ruthrof KX et al.

Evolutionary Applications

AbstractNatural ecosystems are under pressure from increasing abiotic and biotic stressors, including climate change and novel...

Mar 2019

The road to resistance in forest trees

Naidoo S, Slippers B, Plett JM, Coles D et al.

Frontiers in Plant Science

In recent years, forests have been exposed to an unprecedented rise in pests and pathogens. This, coupled with the added...

Apr 2019

Global population genomics of the forest pathogen Dothistroma septosporum reveal chromosome duplications in high dothistromin-producing strains

Bradshaw RE, Sim AD, Chettri P, Dupont P-Y et al.

Molecular Plant Pathology

Summary Dothistroma needle blight is one of the most devastating pine tree diseases worldwide. New and emerging epidemics have...

Apr 2019

Genetic diversity of the pine pathogen Lecanosticta acicola, in Slovenia and Croatia

Sadiković D, Piškur B, Barnes I, Hauptman T et al.

Plant Pathology

Brown spot needle blight ( BSNB ), a disease of pine trees caused by the fungus Lecanosticta acicola , has been known in Slovenia...

Mar 2019

Environmentally friendly methods for controlling pine pitch canker

Martın-Garcia J, Zas R, Solla A, Woodward S et al.

Plant Pathology

Fusarium circinatum is a highly virulent invasive pathogen that causes the disease commonly known as pine pitch canker ( PPC )....

Mar 2019

Effect of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) attack density on Pinus sylvestris (Pinaceae) survival

Haavik LJ, Hurley BP, Allison JD

Canadian Entomologist

AbstractPopulation density is often a critical factor in colonisation of trees by bark and wood-boring insects and may determine...

Mar 2019

Biochemical and phylogenetic analysis of Eugenia and Syzygium species from Mauritius

Ranghoo-Sanmukhiya VM, Soulange JG, Chellan Y, Lambrechts I et al.

Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Mar 2019

Local antagonism and resource partitioning between two invasive pine plantation pests

Wondafrash M, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Garnas J

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Abstract The woodwasp Sirex noctilio Fabricius, native to Eurasia and North Africa, regularly co‐occurs with a North American...