Publications

Nov 2021

Efficacy of Potential Control Agents Against Rosellinia necatrix and Their Physiological Impact on Avocado

Magagula P, Taylor N, Swart V, Van den Berg N

Plant Disease

Rosellinia necatrix is the causal agent of white root rot (WRR), a fatal disease affecting many woody plants, including avocado...

Jul 2021

Culture-independent assessment of the diazotrophic Bradyrhizobium communities in the Pampa and Atlantic Forest Biomes localities in southern Brazil

Banasiewicz J, Lisboa BB, da Costa PB, Schlindwein G et al.

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

The isolation of rhizobial strains from the root and stem nodules remains a commonly used method despite its limitations as it...

Dec 2021

Predicting land degradation using Sentinel-2 and environmental variables in the Lepellane catchment of the Greater Sekhukhune District, South Africa

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C

Abstract Land degradation is defined as the reduction of biological and economic productivity, which impedes the capacity of the...

Nov 2021

Endophytic Colonisation of Solanum lycopersicum and Phaseolus vulgaris by Fungal Endophytes Promotes Seedlings Growth and Hampers the Reproductive Traits, Development, and Survival of the Greenhouse Whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Frontiers in Plant Science

In the scope of mitigating the negative impacts of pesticide use and managing greenhouse whiteflies, Trialeurodes vaporariorum...

Dec 2021

Temperature-dependent modelling and spatial prediction reveal suitable geographical areas for deployment of two Metarhizium anisopliae isolates for Tuta absoluta management

Abdullahi Yusuf, Ayaovi Agbessenou

Scientific Reports

AbstractTuta absoluta is one of the most devastating pests of Solanaceae crops in Africa. We previously demonstrated the efficacy...

Dec 2021

Transcriptome analysis of Eucalyptus grandis implicates brassinosteroid signaling in defense against myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii)

Swanepoel S, Oates CN, Shuey SS, Pegg GS et al.

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Eucalyptus grandis, in its native Australian range, varies in resistance to Austropuccinia psidii (syn. Puccinia psidii). The...

Dec 2021

Diversity and Introduction History of Glycaspis brimblecombei Reflects a History of Bridgeheads and Distinct Invasions

Dittrich-Schröder G, Garnas JR, Arriagades-Cares D, Ahumada R et al.

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Glycaspis brimblecombeiis an invasive insect pest ofEucalyptusthat has spread rapidly around the world since its first report in...

Sep 2021

A core of rhizosphere bacterial taxa associates with two of the world's most isolated plant congeners

le Roux JJ, Crous PW, Kamutando CN, Richardson DM et al.

Plant Soil

2021

Botryosphaeriaceae on Syzygium cordatum across a latitudinal gradient in South Africa

Vivas M, Mehl JWM, Wingfield MJ, Roux J et al.

Fungal Biology