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Jan 2011

Subcontinental impacts of an invasive tree disease on forest structure and dynamics

Garnas JR, Ayres MP, Liebhold A, Evans C

Journal of Ecology

Summary1. Introduced pests and pathogens are a major source of disturbance to ecosystems world‐wide. The famous examples have...

Mar 2012

New species of Gondwanamyces from dying Euphorbia trees in South Africa

Van der Linde JA, Six DL, Wingfield MJ, Roux J

Mycologia

Gondwanamyces and its Custingophora anamorphs were first described from Protea infructescences in South Africa. Subsequently...

Dec 2011

Lasiodiplodia species associated with dying Euphorbia ingens in South Africa

Van der Linde JA, Six DL, Wingfield MJ, Roux J

Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science

Nov 2011

Do novel genotypes drive the success of an invasive bark beetle–fungus complex? Implications for potential reinvasion

Lu M, Wingfield MJ, Gillette N, Sun J-H

Ecology

Novel genotypes often arise during biological invasions, but their role in invasion success has rarely been elucidated. Here we...

Apr 2011

A Eucalyptus bacterial wilt isolate from South Africa is pathogenic on Arabidopsis and manipulates host defences

Naidoo S, Fouche-Weich J, Law P, Denby KJ et al.

Forest Pathology

Summary Ralstonia solanacearum, the causal agent of bacterial wilt, has been reported from Eucalyptus plantations in at least...

2011

EST sequencing and gene expression profiling of defence-related genes from Persea americana infected with Phytophthora cinnamomi

Mahomed W, van den Berg N

BMC Plant Biology

<h4>Background</h4>Avocado (Persea americana) belongs to the Lauraceae family and is an important commercial fruit crop in over...

Jan 2011

The pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum: Implications for South African forestry

Mitchell RG, Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ

Southern Forests