Publications

Jun 2022

The ups and downs of plant NLR expression during pathogen infection

Fick A, Swart V, Van den Berg N

Frontiers in Plant Science

Plant Nucleotide binding-Leucine rich repeat (NLR) proteins play a significant role in pathogen detection and the activation of...

May 2022

An assessment of the potential economic impacts of the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in South Africa

de Wit MP, Crookes DJ, Blignaut JN, de Beer ZW et al.

Journal of Economic Entomology

AbstractStudies addressing the economic impacts of invasive alien species are biased towards ex-post assessments of the costs and...

May 2022

Pathogens of the Araucariaceae: How much do we know?

Balocchi F, Wingfield MJ, Paap T, Ahumada R et al.

Current Forestry Reports

May 2022

The Identification and Characterization of Endopolygalacturonases in a South African Isolate of Phytophthora cinnamomi

Miyambo TM, Backer R, Engelbrecht J, Joubert F et al.

Microorganisms

Phytophthora cinnamomi is an economically important plant pathogen that has caused devastating losses to the avocado industry...

Dec 2022

Comparison of hyphal fragments and spores to evaluate the pathogenicity of the Eucalyptus leaf and shoot pathogen Calonectria pseudoreteaudii

Wang QC, Liu FF, Liu QL, Wu WX et al.

Plant Disease

The genus Calonectria includes many aggressive plant-pathogenic species with a worldwide distribution. Calonectria leaf blight is...

May 2022

Chemical and visual ecology of the Symphyta

Guignard Q, Slippers B, Jeremy D. A

Agricultural and forest entomology

Abstract The Symphyta is the most basal sub‐order of the Hymenoptera and includes the woodwasps, horntails and sawflies, many of...

Apr 2022

Intra-species genomic variation in the pine pathogen Fusarium circinatum

Maphosa M, Steenkamp ET, Kanzi A, van Wyk S et al.

Preprints

Fusarium circinatum is an important global pathogen of pine trees. Genome plasticity has been observed in different isolates of...

Apr 2022

Short Linear Motifs (SLiMs) in “Core” RxLR effectors of Phytophthora parasitica var. nicotianae: A case of PpRxLR1 effector

Jane Chepsergon, Celiwe Nxumalo, Brenda Salasini, Aquillah Kanzi et al.

Microbiology Spectrum

The continuous gain and loss of RxLR effectors makes the control of Phytophthora spp. difficult. Therefore, in this study, we...

Mar 2022

Calonectria in the age of genes and genomes: Towards understanding an important but relatively unknown group of pathogens

Li JQ, Wingfield MJ, Barnes I, Chen SF

Molecular Plant Pathology

Abstract The genus Calonectria includes many aggressive plant pathogens causing diseases on various agricultural crops as well as...