Publications

Jun 2022

Experimental admixture among distinct lineages of Deladenus siricidicola, the biocontrol agent of Sirex noctilio

Fitza KNE, Garnas JR, Slippers B

Biological Control

Deladenus siricidicola is a principal biological control agent used to suppress populations of the globally invasive pine pest,...

Feb 2022

Invasion frameworks: a forest pathogen perspective

Paap T, Wingfield MJ, Burgess TI, Wilson JRU et al.

Current Forestry Reports

Jul 2022

Population genetic analyses of Phytophthora cinnamomi reveals three lineages and movement between natural vegetation and avocado orchards in South Africa

Engelbrecht, J, Duong TA, Paap T, Hulbert JM et al.

Phytophthora cinnamomi is the causal agent of root rot, canker, and dieback of thousands of plant species around the globe. This...

Feb 2022

Epidemic spread of smut fungi (Quambalaria) by sexual reproduction in a native pathosystem.

McTaggart AR, Drenth A, Wingfield MJ, O'Dwyer C et al.

European Journal of Plant Pathology

AbstractQuambalaria are fungal pathogens of Corymbia, Eucalyptus and related genera of Myrtaceae. They are smut fungi...

Feb 2022

Diversity of endophytes in the Botryosphaeriaceae differs on Anacardiaceae in disturbed and undisturbed ecosystems in South Africa

Ramabulana E, Kunjeku E, Slippers B, Coetzee MPA

Forests

Botryosphaeriaceae represents a diverse family of fungi with a cosmopolitan distribution and a wide host range. We studied...

Jan 2022

Lifespan prolonging mechanisms and insulin upregulation without fat accumulation in long-lived reproductives of a higher termite

Seite S, Harrison MC, Sillam-Dusses D, Lupoli R et al.

Communications Biology

Kings and queens of eusocial termites can live for decades, while queens sustain a nearly maximal fertility. To investigate the...

Jan 2022

Rhizosphere diazotrophs and other bacteria associated with native and encroaching legumes in the succulent Karoo Biome in South Africa

Muema EK, Steenkamp ET, Venter SN

MDPI-Microorganisms

Total and diazotrophic bacteria were assessed in the rhizosphere soils of native and encroaching legumes growing in the Succulent...

May 2022

Fungal diversity associated with the mycorrhizosphere soil of Brachycorythis conica subsp. transvaalensis, a critically endangered and endemic terrestrial orchid from South Africa

Makwela MC, Hammerbacher A, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD et al.

South African Journal of Botany

Jan 2022

A detection assay to identify alternative food sources of the two-spotted stink bug, Bathycoelia distincta

Fourie A, Venter SN, Slippers B, Fourie G

Journal of Economic Entomology

Abstract The two-spotted stink bug, Bathycoelia distincta Distant (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is a serious pest in South African...