Publications

Mar 2022

The Diversity Decline in Wild and Managed Honey Bee Populations Urges for an Integrated Conservation Approach

Panziera, Delphine, Requier, Fabrice, Chantawannakul, Panuwan, Pirk, Christian W. W. et al.

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Many parts of the globe experience severe losses and fragmentation of habitats, affecting the self-sustainability of pollinator...

Feb 2023

Genomic signatures underlying the oogenesis of the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor on its new host Apis mellifera

Zheng, Huoqing, Wang, Shuai, Wu, Yuqi, Zou, Shengmei et al.

Journal of Advanced Research

Introduction Host shifts of parasites can have devastating effects on novel hosts. One remarkable example is that of the...

Feb 2023

Multispecies comparison of host responses to Fusarium circinatum challenge in tropical pines show consistency in resistance mechanisms

Visser EA, Kampmann TP, Wegrzyn JL, Naidoo S

Plant, Cell & Environment

AbstractFusarium circinatum poses a threat to both commercial and natural pine forests. Large variation in host resistance exists...

Nov 2022

Assessment of Genetic Diversity and Conservation in South African Indigenous Goat Ecotypes: A Review

Animals

Goats were amongst the first livestock to be domesticated more than 10,000 years ago for their meat, milk, skin, and fiber. They...

Nov 2022

Biofilm characterization in the maize pathogen, Fusarium verticillioides

Chizné Peremore, Brenda Wingfield, Quentin Santana, Emma T Steenkamp

bioRxiv

Abstract Nearly all microbes, including fungal pathogens, form biofilms, which are structured communities of microbial aggregates...

Feb 2022

Patterns of Remating Behaviour in Ceratitis (Diptera: Tephritidae) Species of Varying Lifespan

Frontiers in Physiology

Trade-offs between life-history traits offset the energetic costs of maintaining fitness in complex environments. Ceratitis...

2022

The Eurasian spruce bark beetle in a warming climate: Phenology, behavior, and biotic interactions

Netherer S, Hammerbacher A

Bark Beetle Management, Ecology, and Climate Change

2022

Comparative genomic and metabolomic analysis of Termitomyces species provides insights into the terpenome of the fungal cultivar and the characteristic odor of the fungus garden of Macrotermes natalensis termites

Kreuzenbeck NB, Seibel E, Schwitalla JW, Fricke J et al.

Msystems

2022

African elephants can detect water from natural and artificial sources via olfactory cues

Wood M, Chamaillé-Jammes S, Hammerbacher A, Shrader AM

Animal Cognition