Publications

May 2015

Comparative analysis of plant carbohydrate active enZymes and their role in xylogenesis

Pinard DS, Mizrachi E, Hefer C, Kersting AR et al.

BMC Genomics

<h4>Background</h4>Carbohydrate metabolism is a key feature of vascular plant architecture, and is of particular importance in...

Aug 2015

Diversity and movement of indoor Alternaria alternata across the mainland USA

Woudenberg JC, van der Merwe NA, Jurjević Z, Groenewald JZ et al.

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Alternaria spp. from sect. Alternaria are frequently associated with hypersensitivity pneumonitis, asthma and allergic fungal...

May 2015

Pseudocercospora mapelanensis sp. nov., associated with a fruit and leaf disease of Barringtonia racemosa in South Africa

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

Australasian Plant Pathology

May 2015

Spatial pattern of attacks of the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio, at landscape and stand scales

Lantschner MV, Corley JC

PLoS ONE

Invasive insect pests are responsible for important damage to native and plantation forests, when population outbreaks occur....

Dec 2014

The pearl millet MAP kinase PgMPK4 is involved in responses to downy mildew infection and in jasmonic- and salicylic acid-mediated defense

Melvin P, Prabhu SA, Veena M, Shailasree S et al.

Plant Molecular Biology

Plant mitogen-activated protein kinases (MPKs) transduce signals required for the induction of immunity triggered by host...

Jan 2015

Immuno-capture of a polygalacturonase-inhibitor protein from pearl millet: evaluation of its inhibition potential and role in resistance against downy mildew

Prabhu SA, Melvin P, Wagenknecht M, Gnanesh KBS et al.

Molecular Biology Reports

Polygalacturonase-inhibitor proteins (PGIPs) are important plant defense proteins which modulate the activity of microbial...

Jun 2015

Temporal and spatial variation of Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Acacia karroo in South Africa

Jami F, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Loots MT et al.

Fungal Ecology

Jun 2015

Phakopsora myrtacearum sp. nov., a newly described rust (Pucciniales) on eucalypts in eastern and southern Africa

Maier W, McTaggart AR, Roux J, Wingfield MJ

Plant Pathology

Outbreaks of a rust disease in eucalypt forestry plantations and nurseries in Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa occurred between...

Jul 2015

Novel species of Botryosphaeriaceae associated with shoot blight of pistachio

Chen SF, Li GQ, Liu FF, Michailides TJ

Mycologia

Various species of phytopathogenic Botryosphaeriaceae were identified previously from pistachio trees worldwide. Disease symptoms...