Publications

Dec 2016

RNA-seq profiling reveals defense responses in a tolerant potato cultivar to stem infection by Pectobacterium carotovorum ssp. brasiliense

Kwenda S, Motlolometsi TV, Birch PRJ, Moleleki LN

Frontiers in Plant Science

<i>Pectobacterium carotovorum</i> subsp. <i>brasiliense</i> is a member of the soft rot Enterobacteriaceae (SRE) family that...

Nov 2016

IMA Genome-F 7 Draft genome sequences for Ceratocystis fagacearum, C. harringtonii, Grosmannia penicillata, and Huntiella bhutanensis

Wingfield BD, Duong TA, Hammerbacher A, van der Nest MA et al.

IMA Fungus

Draft genomes for the fungi Ceratocystis fagacearum, C. harringtonii, Grosmannia penicillata, and Huntiella bhutanensis are...

Oct 2016

New cryptic species of Teratosphaeria on Eucalyptus in Australia

Andjic V, Maxwell A, Hardy GES, Burgess TI

IMA Fungus

Teratosphaeria destructans and T. viscida are serious pathogens causing leaf, bud and shoot blight diseases of Eucalyptus...

Nov 2016

Mycosarcoma (Ustilaginaceae), a resurrected generic name for corn smut (Ustilago maydis) and its close relatives with hypertrophied, tubular sori

McTaggart AR, Shivas RG, Boekhout T, Oberwinkler F et al.

IMA Fungus

Ustilago is a polyphyletic genus of smut fungi found mainly on Poaceae. The development of a taxonomy that reflects phylogeny...

Nov 2016

ASSAf and young scientists: Transforming the future of science in South Africa

Slippers B

South African Journal of Science

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Nov 2016

Insect gallers and their plant hosts: From omics data to systems biology

Oates CN, Denby KJ, Myburg AA, Slippers B et al.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Gall-inducing insects are capable of exerting a high level of control over their hosts’ cellular machinery to the extent that the...

Nov 2016

A novel subspecies of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter africanus’ found on native Teclea gerrardii (Family: Rutaceae) from South Africa

Roberts R, Pietersen G

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

The phloem limited bacterium ‘Candidatus Liberibacter africanus’ is associated with citrus greening disease in South Africa. This...

Nov 2016

PCR bias associated with conserved primer binding sites, used to determine genotype diversity within Citrus tristeza virus populations

Read DA, Pietersen G

Journal of Virological Methods

Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) is present in almost all of the major citrus production areas where it continues to reduce the...

Nov 2016

First report of a Turnip Yellows virus in association with the Brassica Stunting Disorder in South Africa

New SA, van Heerden SW, Pietersen G, Esterhuizen LL

Plant Disease