Publications

2023

Phylogeny, Morphology, Distribution, and Pathogenicity of Seven Calonectria Species from Leaf Blighted Eucalyptus in HaiNai Island, China

Liang XY, Wang QC, Chen SF

Plant Disease

Feb 2023

Biology of the invasive shell lerp psyllid, Spondyliaspis cf. plicatuloides (Froggatt) (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae)

Makunde PT, Slippers B, Bush SJ, Hurley BP

African Entomology

Spondyliaspis cf. plicatuloides (Froggatt) (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) is native to Australia but was first detected outside its...

Feb 2023

Diversity of viroids infecting grapevines in the South African Vitis germplasm collection

Morgan SW, Read DA, Burger JT, Pietersen G

Virus Genes

Seven viroid species and one putative viroid species have been reported to infect grapevine namely, hop stunt viroid (HSVd),...

Jan 2023

First report of canker caused by Chrysoporthe austroafricana on the plantation-grown eucalypt Corymbia henryi in South Africa

Suzuki H, Marincowitz S, Roux J, Wingfield BD et al.

Forestry

Abstract Species of Corymbia are increasingly being tested for plantation establishment in South Africa. During disease surveys...

Mar 2023

Retention of post-harvest residues enhances soil fungal biodiversity in Eucalyptus plantations

Bose T, Vivas M, Slippers B, Roux J et al.

Forest Ecology and Management

Nov 2022

Along the footpath of Penicillium discovery: Six new species from the Woodville Big Tree Forest Trail

Visagie CM, Yilmaz N

Mycologia

In this study, we studied the diversity of <i>Penicillium</i> occurring in soil collected along the Woodville Big Tree Forest...

Dec 2022

Da Vinci's yeast: Blastobotrys davincii f.a., sp. nov

Visagie CM, Boekhout T, Theelen B, Dijksterhuis J et al.

Yeast

AbstractA new species of the yeast genus Blastobotrys was discovered during a worldwide survey of culturable xerophilic fungi in...

Dec 2022

Symbiotic Fungi Associated With Xyleborine Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and the Imperative of Global Collaboration

Osborn RK, Castro J, Duong TA, Hulcr J et al.

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

AbstractAmbrosia beetles from the tribe Xyleborini are part of nearly all forest ecosystems. Because of their small size,...

Dec 2022

The Genome of the King Protea, Protea cynaroides

Chang J, Duong TA, Schoeman C, Ma X et al.

The Plant Journal

SUMMARY The king protea ( Protea cynaroides ), an early‐diverging eudicot, is the most iconic species from the Megadiverse Cape...