Publications

May 2015

Fungi associated with black mould on baobab trees in southern Africa

Cruywagen EM, Crous PW, Roux J, Slippers B et al.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

There have been numerous reports in the scientific and popular literature suggesting that African baobab (Adansonia digitata)...

Apr 2015

Neocordana gen. nov., the causal organism of Cordana leaf spot on banana

Hernández-Restrepo M, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW

Phyotaxa

Cordana leaf spot of banana is shown to be associated with several species of a new genus described here as Neocordana gen. nov....

Jul 2015

Unisexual Reproduction in Huntiella moniliformis

Wilson AM, Godlonton T, van der Nest MA, Wilken PM et al.

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Sexual reproduction in fungi is controlled by genes present at the mating type (MAT) locus, which typically harbors transcription...

Apr 2015

Transcriptome and hormone profiling reveals Eucalyptus grandis defence responses against Chrysoporthe austroafricana

Mangwanda R, Myburg AA, Naidoo S

BMC Genomics

<h4>Background</h4>Eucalyptus species and interspecific hybrids exhibit valuable growth and wood properties that make them a...

Apr 2015

Biology, incidence and host susceptibility of Pineus boerneri (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) in Colombian pine plantations

Rodas CA, Serna R, Bolaños MD, Granados GM et al.

Southern Forests

Apr 2015

Diseases on Eucalyptus species in Zimbabwean plantations and woodlots

Jimu L, Wingfield MJ, Mwenje E, Roux J

Southern Forests

Apr 2015

Phylogenetic and expression analysis of the NPR1-like gene family from Persea americana (Mill.)

Backer R, Mahomed W, Reeksting B, Engelbrecht J et al.

Frontiers in Plant Science

The NONEXPRESSOR OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES1 (NPR1) forms an integral part of the salicylic acid (SA) pathway in plants and is...

Apr 2015

Risk assessment for Puccinia psidii becoming established in South Africa

Roux J, Germishuizen I, Nadel R, Lee DJ et al.

Plant Pathology

Puccinia psidii , the causal agent of myrtle rust, was first recorded from Latin America more than 100 years...

Jul 2015

Cornuvesica: A little known mycophilic genus with a unique biology and unexpected new species

Marincowitz S, Duong TA, De Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ

Fungal Biology

Little is known about the biology of the monotypic genus Cornuvesica (Microascales), apart from that isolates are notoriously...