Publications

Aug 2016

Securing African forests for future drier climates: applying ecophysiology in tree improvement

Crous CJ, Malan FS, Wingfield MJ

Southern Forests

2016

Invasive insects in mediterranean forest systems: Australia

Nahrung HF, Loch AD, Matsuki M

Insects and diseases of mediterranean forest systems

Edited by Paine TD, Lieutier F

Aug 2016

Beneath the bark: associations among Sirex noctilio development, bluestain fungi, and pine host species in North America

Foelker CJ

Ecological Entomology

1. Invasive species with global distributions encounter unique environmental and biotic variables that can greatly affect the...

Aug 2016

Mega-trap-plots: a novel method of Sirex woodwasp management on Pinus radiata plantations in Chile

Poisson MA, Ahumada R, Angulo AO, Muñoz F et al.

Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science

Dec 2016

Performance of Sirex noctilio’s biocontrol agent Deladenus siricidicola, in known and predicted hosts

Nahrung HF, Ramsden M, Hayes RA, Francis LP et al.

Biological Control

Survival of the free-living mycetophagous form of Deladenus siricidicola, the major biological control agent of Sirex woodwasp,...

Sep 2016

Proteomic analysis of the venom and venom sac of the woodwasp, Sirex noctilio-Towards understanding its biological impact

Wang T, Zhao M, Rotgans BA, Ni G et al.

Journal of Proteomics

<h4>Unlabelled</h4>The European horntail woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, is an invasive insect that attacks conifer hosts, particularly...

Aug 2016

Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with mangroves in South Africa, including Ophiostoma palustre sp. nov

Osorio JA, De Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Roux J

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Mangrove trees are continuously under stress due to environmental and/or anthropogenic pressures, which expose them to attack by...

Aug 2016

Genome-wide identification of potato long intergenic noncoding RNAs responsive to Pectobacterium carotovorum subspecies brasiliense infection

Kwenda S, Birch PRJ, Moleleki LN

BMC Genomics

<h4>Background</h4>Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) represent a class of RNA molecules that are implicated in regulation of gene...

Jun 2016

A thirteen-year study on the impact of a severe canker disease of Corymbia calophylla, a keystone tree in Mediterranean-type forests

Paap T, Burgess TI, Calver M, McComb JA et al.

Forest Pathology

SummaryWorldwide, forests and woodlands have shown progressive declines in health as a result of global environmental changes in...