Publications

Jan 2017

Network-based integration of systems genetics data reveals pathways associated with lignocellulosic biomass accumulation and processing

Mizrachi E, Verbeke L, Christie N, Fierro AC et al.

PNAS

As a consequence of their remarkable adaptability, fast growth, and superior wood properties, eucalypt tree plantations have...

Feb 2017

Commercialization of entomopathogenic nematodes: should import regulations be revised?

Abate BA, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Hurley BP

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Jan 2017

Phytophthora distribution and diversity across Australia

Burgess T, White D, McDougall K, Garnas J et al.

Pacific Conservation Biology

The introduction and subsequent impact of Phytophthora cinnamomi within native vegetation is one of the major conservation issues...

Feb 2017

Pantoea ananatis: genomic insights into a versatile pathogen

Weller-Stuart T, De Maayer P, Coutinho T

Molecular Plant Pathology

Summary Pantoea ananatis , a bacterium that is well known for its phytopathogenic characteristics, has been isolated from a...

Nov 2016

Identification of Armillaria species on declined oak in Britain: implications for oak health

Denman, Sandra, Barrett, Glyn, Kirk, Susan A., McDonald, James E. et al.

Forestry

The identity of 51 isolates of Armillaria from 15 Quercus robur trees in poor health, and a single healthy tree, at nine sites in...

Feb 2017

Systems genetics reveals a transcriptional network associated with susceptibility in the maize-gray leaf spot pathosystem

Christie N, Myburg AA, Joubert F, Murray SL et al.

The Plant Journal

SummaryWe used a systems genetics approach to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of the responses of maize to grey leaf spot...

Dec 2016

Botryosphaeria dothidea: A latent pathogen of global importance to woody plant health

Marsberg A, Kemler M, Jami F, Nagel JH et al.

Molecular Plant Pathology

Summary Botryosphaeria dothidea is the type species of Botryosphaeria (Botryosphaeriaceae, Botryosphaeriales). Fungi residing in...

Jan 2017

Putative origins of the fungus Leptographium procerum

Taerum SJ, Hoareau TB, Duong TA, De Beer ZW et al.

Fungal Biology

Appropriate management of invasive fungi requires adequate understanding of their global diversities and movement histories. The...

Jan 2017

Ecology and population structure of a tree wound-infecting fungus in a native South African forest environment

Misse AC, Barnes I, Roets F, Mbenoun M et al.

Fungal Biology

Ceratocystis tsitsikammensis was first isolated from bark harvesting wounds on two indigenous tree species in the Afromontane...