Publications

Mar 2017

Classical biological control of insect pests of trees: facts and figures

Kenis M, Hurley BP, Hajek A, Cock MJW

Biological Invasions

Classical biological control (CBC) is the introduction of a natural enemy of exotic origin to control a pest, usually also...

Apr 2017

Botryosphaeriaceae: Systematics, pathology, and genetics

Crous PW, Slippers B, Groenewald JZ, Wingfield MJ

Fungal Biology

Mar 2016

Germination and seedling emergence responses of common bean and cowpea to plant extract seed treatments.

Masangwa, J., Kritzinger, Q. , Aveling, T.A.S.

The Journal of Agricultural Science

SUMMARYThe present study was initiated to investigate the effect of crude plant extracts as seed treatments onPhaseolus...

Jun 2016

Evaluation of mefenoxam and fludioxonil for control of Rhizoctonia solani, Pythium ultimum and Fusarium solani on cowpea.

Ramusi, T.M., Van Der Waals, J.E., Labuschagne, N., Aveling, T.A.S.

South African Journal of Plant and Soil

Apr 2017

Diversity in the Botryosphaeriales : Looking back, looking forward

Slippers B, Crous PW, Jami F, Groenewald JZ et al.

Fungal Biology

The Botryosphaeriales are amongst the most widespread, common and important fungal pathogens of woody plants. Many are also known...

Apr 2017

Draft genome of the fungus-growing termite pathogenic fungus Ophiocordyceps bispora (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales, Ascomycota)

Conlon BH, Mitchell J, De Beer ZW, Carøe C et al.

Data in Brief

This article documents the public availability of genome sequence data and assembled contigs representing the partial draft...

Jun 2016

Determination of lignin-modifying enzymes (LMEs) in Hyphodermella species using biochemical and molecular techniques

Rahimlou S, Babaeizad V, Bose T and Sayari M

Mycologia iranica

White-rot basidiomycetes are one of the most important lignolytic microorganisms. These fungi have been reported to secrete three...

Mar 2017

Phylogenomic resolution of the bacterial genus Pantoea and its relationship with Erwinia and Tatumella

Palmer M, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Chan W-Y et al.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Investigation of the evolutionary relationships between related bacterial species and genera with a variety of lifestyles have...

Apr 2017

Biological control of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) in the northeastern United States using an exotic parasitic nematode

Williams DW, Hajek AE

Biological Control

The woodwasp Sirex noctilio is a devastating killer of pines in the southern hemisphere. Over the 20th Century, it has invaded...