Publications

Dec 2022

Haplotype mining panel for genetic dissection and breeding in Eucalyptus

Candotti J, Christie N, Ployet R, Mostert-O’Neill MM et al.

The Plant Journal

SUMMARY To improve our understanding of genetic mechanisms underlying complex traits in plants, a comprehensive analysis of gene...

May 2023

A robust disease scoring method to screen Eucalyptus for resistance against the aggressive leaf blight pathogen, Teratosphaeria destructans

Solís M, Hammerbacher A, Wingfield MJ, Naidoo S

Shoot and leaf blight caused by Teratosphaeria destructans is one of the most devastating foliar diseases on Eucalyptus....

Sep 2022

High diversity and clonality are hallmarks of Fusarium circinatum in South Africa

Fru FF, Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Steenkamp ET

Plant Pathology

Abstract Pitch canker on plantation‐grown Pinus species, caused by the fungal pathogen Fusarium circinatum, first appeared in the...

Mar 2023

Calonectria queenslandica: Causal agent of Eucalyptus leaf blight in Southern China

Li WW, Chen SF, Wingfield MJ, Duong TA

Plant Disease

Calonectria leaf blight caused by Calonectria spp. is among the most serious diseases affecting the health and sustainability of...

Feb 2023

The first report of Phytophthora multivesiculata causing black rot of Cymbidium and Ansellia africana from South Africa

Bose T, Hammerbacher A

Plant Disease

Jun 2022

Mixta

Mavima L, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Palmer M.

Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria

Abstract Mix'ta. L. fem. n. Mixta the mixed one, referring to the mixed lifestyles of species in the genus. Mixta forms part of...

Dec 2022

Screening Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) Genotypes for Drought Tolerance at the Germination Stage under Simulated Drought Conditions

Sithembile Kunene, Alfred Oduor Odindo, Abe Shegro Gerrano, Takudzwa Mandizvo

plants

Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) is grown by smallholders and subsistence farmers in the marginal parts of...

Nov 2022

Survey of Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae Infecting Potatoes in South Africa

Theron E, Bophela K, Bisschoff J, Shin G et al.

Potato Research

Pectobacterium and Dickeya species are pathogens of increasing importance on potatoes worldwide. These Soft Rotting...

Jan 2022

Functional response of the hypopharyngeal glands to a social parasitism challenge in Southern African honey bee subspecies

Langlands, Zoë, du Rand, Esther E., Yusuf, Abdullahi A., Pirk, Christian W. W.

Parasitology Research

Hypopharyngeal gland (HPG) development in honey bee workers is primarily age-dependent and changes according to the tasks...