Publications

2017

Use of mutant collections to understand pathogenicity in economically important fungi

Motaung TE

SA Grain

Jun 2017

Functional insights into the Magnaporthe oryzae class II myosin

Motaung TE, Tsilo T

Virulence

Jun 2017

Importance of bovine mastitis in Africa

Motaung TE, Petrovski KR, Petzer I-M, Thekisoe O

Animal Health Research Reviews

AbstractBovine mastitis is an important animal production disease that affects the dairy industry globally. Studies have...

Jan 2017

Large‐scale molecular genetic analysis in plant‐pathogenic fungi: a decade of genome‐wide functional analysis

Motaung TE, Saitoh H, Tsilo T

Molecular Plant Pathology

Summary Plant‐pathogenic fungi cause diseases to all major crop plants world‐wide and threaten global food security. Underpinning...

2017

Flavan-3-ols are an Effective Chemical Defense against Rust infection

Ullah C, Unsicker SB, Fellenberg C, Constabel CP et al.

Plant Physiology

Mar 2017

A microbial and insect perspective on mangrove health in South Africa.

Roux J, Osorio JA, de Beer ZW

South African Journal of Botany

Jun 2017

Dissimilar stem and leaf hydraulic traits suggest varying drought tolerance among co-occurring Eucalyptus grandis x E. urophylla clones.

Crous CJ, Greyling I, Wingfield MJ

Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science

Oct 2017

Urban environments provide opportunities for early detections of Phytophthora invasions.

Hulbert JM, Agne MC, Burgess TI, Roets F et al.

Biological Invasions

Globalization has increased the frequency of inadvertent introductions of plant pathogens. Many catastrophic invasions of both...

Oct 2017

Birds mediate a fungus-mite mutualism.

Theron-de Bruin N, Dreyer LL, Ueckermann EA, Wingfield MJ et al.

Microbial Ecology

Mutualisms between ophiostomatoid fungi and arthropods have been well documented. These fungi commonly aid arthropod nutrition...