Publications

Jun 2010

Recombinant protease inhibitors for herbivore pest control: a multitrophic perspective

Schluter, U, Benchabane, M, Munger, A, Kiggundu, A et al.

Journal of Experimental Botany

Protease inhibitors are a promising complement to Bt toxins for the development of insect-resistant transgenic crops, but their...

Dec 2009

Deleterious effects of plant cystatins against the Banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus

Kiggundu, A, Muchwezi, J, Van der Vyver, C, Viljoen, A et al.

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

AbstractThe general potential of plant cystatins for the development of insect‐resistant transgenic plants still remains to be...

Jan 2010

Tubers from potato lines expressing a tomato Kunitz protease inhibitor are substantially equivalent to parental and transigenic controls

Khalf M, Goulet C, Vorster BJ, Brunelle F et al.

Plant Biotechnology Journal

SummaryRecombinant protease inhibitors represent useful tools for the development of insect‐resistant transgenic crops, but...

Nov 2010

Plant cystatins

Benchabane, M, Schluter, U, Vorster, J, Goulet, MC et al.

Biochimie

Plant cystatins have been the object of intense research since the publication of a first paper reporting their existence more...

2010

Fungal phoenix rising from the ashes?

Wingfield MJ, Coetzee MPA, Crous PW, Six D et al.

IMA Fungus

2010

Molecular characterization of Fusarium globosum strains from South African maize and Japanese wheat

Moses LM, Marasas WFO, Vismer HF, De Vos L et al.

Mycopathologia

2010

First report of Diplodia corticola in Greece on kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)

Tsopelas P, Slippers B, Gonou-Zagou Z, Wingfield MJ

Plant Pathology

Apr 2010

SSHscreen and SSHdb, generic software for microarray based gene discovery: application to the stress response in cowpea

Coetzer N, Gazendam I, Oelofse D, Berger DK

Plant Methods

AbstractBackgroundSuppression subtractive hybridization is a popular technique for gene discovery from non-model organisms...

Sep 2010

Identification of genes expressed during the compatible interaction of grapevine with Plasmopara viticola through suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH)

Legay G, Marouf E, Berger D, Neuhaus JM et al.

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Grapevine (Vitis vinifera) is the most widely cultivated and economically important fruit crop, but is susceptible to a large...