Publications

2008

What will a genome sequence do for fire blight research? Pectobacterium atrosepticum and potato - A case study

Toth IK , Birch PRJ , Liu H , Pritchard L et al.

Acta Horticulturae

Dec 2008

Microbial diversity of traditional Vietnamese alcohol fermentation starters (banh men) as determined by PCR-mediated DGGE

Thanh, VN, Mai, LT, Duong TA

International Journal of Food Microbiology

The diversity of fungi and bacteria associated with traditional Vietnamese alcohol fermentation starters (banh men) was...

Aug 2008

Eucalypt pests and diseases: Growing threats to plantation productivity

Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Coutinho TA et al.

Southern Forests

Jul 2008

Quambalaria species associated with plantation and native eucalypts in Australia

Pegg GS, O'Dwyer C, Carnegie AJ, Burgess TI et al.

Plant Pathology

This study aimed to determine which species of Quambalaria are associated with shoot...

Mar 2008

Global movement and population biology of Mycosphaerella nubilosa infecting leaves of cold-tolerant Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens

Hunter GC, Van Der Merwe NA, Burgess TI, Carnegie AJ et al.

Plant Pathology

Using 10 polymorphic DNA‐based microsatellite markers, the genetic diversity of eight Mycosphaerella nubilosa...

Jul 2008

Phytophthora pinifolia sp. nov. associated with a serious needle disease of Pinus radiata in Chile

Durán A, Gryzenhout M, Slippers B, Ahumada R et al.

Plant Pathology

During the course of the past three years, a new disease of Pinus radiata , referred to...

Dec 2008

Leptographium bhutanense sp. nov., associated with the root collar weevil Hylobitelus chenkupdorjii on Pinus wallichiana in Bhutan

Zhou XD, Jacobs K, Kirisits T, Chhetri DB et al.

Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi

Leptographium spp. are commonly associated with bark beetles and weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and some are important tree...

Dec 2008

Thecaphora capensis sp. nov., an unusual new anther smut on Oxalis in South Africa

Roets F, Dreyer LL, Wingfield MJ, Begerow D

Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi

The smut genus Thecaphora contains plant parasitic microfungi that typically infect very specific plant organs. In this study, we...

Dec 2008

Species of Botryosphaeriaceae occurring on Proteaceae

Marincowitz S, Groenewald JZ, Wingfield MJ, Crous PW

Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi

The Botryosphaeriaceae includes several species that are serious canker and leaf pathogens of Proteaceae. In the present study,...