Publications

Mar 2022

Remnants of horizontal transfers of Wolbachia genes in a Wolbachia‑free woodwasp

Queffelec J, Postma A, Allison JD, Slippers B

BMC Ecology and Evolution

Abstract Background Wolbachia is a bacterial endosymbiont of many arthropod and nematode species. Due to its capacity to alter...

Jun 2022

Novel mating-type-associated genes and gene fragments in the genomes of Mycosphaerellaceae and Teratosphaeriaceae fungi

Aylward J, Havenga M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ et al.

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

The mating-type (MAT1) locus encodes transcription factors essential for the onset of the sexual cycle in ascomycete fungi. This...

Mar 2022

A review of viruses infecting Yam (Dioscorea spp.)

Luo G-F, Podolyan A, Kidanemariam D, Pilotti C et al.

Viruses

Yam is an important food staple for millions of people globally, particularly those in the developing countries of West Africa...

May 2022

Delineation of Paraburkholderia tuberum sensu stricto and description of Paraburkholderia podalyriae sp. nov. nodulating the South African legume Podalyria calyptrata

Mavima L, Beukes CW, Palmer M, De Meyer SE et al.

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Since the discovery of Paraburkholderia tuberum, an indigenous South African species and one of the first beta-rhizobia...

Jan 2022

A serious shoot and leaf disease caused by Colletotrichum theobromicola discovered on eucalypts in South Africa

Solís M, Wingfield MJ, Greyling I, Pham NQ

Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science

Mar 2022

Genetic diversity and population structure analysis reveals the unique genetic composition of South African selected macadamia accessions

Ranketse M, Hefer CA, Pierneef R, Fourie G et al.

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Mar 2022

Eucalyptus grandis AUX/INDOLE‑3‑ACETIC ACID 13 (EgrIAA13) is a novel transcriptional regulator of xylogenesis

Karannagoda N, Spokevicius A, Hussey SG, Cassan-Wang H et al.

Plant Molecular Biology

Abstract Key message Our Induced Somatic Sector Analysis and protein–protein interaction experiments demonstrate that Eucalyptus...

Feb 2022

A nonnative Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) population in the Republic of South Africa is resistant to herbicides with different sites of action

Reinhardt CF, Vorster BJ, Kupper A, Peter F et al.

Weed Sience

AbstractPalmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeriS. Watson) is not native to Africa. Based on the presence and persistence ofA....

2022

Tatumella

Avontuur JR, Palmer M, Coetzee MPA, Steenkamp ET