Publications

2021

Combining QTL mapping and transcriptomics to decipher the genetic architecture of phenolic compounds metabolism in the conifer white spruce

Laoué J, Depardieu C, Gérardi S, Lamothe M et al.

Frontiers in Plant Science

2021

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Infection Triggers Changes in Primary and Secondary Metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana

Chen J, Ullah C, Vassao D, Reichelt M et al.

Phytopathology

2021

Characterization of the Ergosterol Biosynthesis Pathway in Ceratocystidaceae

Sayari M, van der Nest MA, Steenkamp ET, Rahimlou S et al.

Journal of Fungi

Aug 2021

Flower orientation influences floral temperature, pollinator visits and plant fitness

Creux NM, Brown EA, Garner AG, Saeed S et al.

New Phytologist

Summary Effective insect pollination requires appropriate responses to internal and external environmental cues in both the plant...

Aug 2021

Increased abundance of secreted hydrolytic enzymes and secondary metabolite gene clusters define the genomes of latent plant pathogens in the Botryosphaeriaceae

Nagel JH, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B

BMC Genomics

Abstract Background The Botryosphaeriaceae are important plant pathogens, but also have the ability to establish asymptomatic...

Jul 2021

Spatial genetic structure of the insect-vectored conifer pathogen Leptographium wageneri suggest long distance gene flow among Douglas-fir plantations in western Oregon

Bennett PI, Tabima JF, Leon AL, Browning J et al.

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Many fungi in the Ophiostomatales are vectored by bark beetles that introduce these fungi directly into their tree hosts. Most of...

Aug 2021

Evidence for UV-green dichromacy in the basal hymenopteran Sirex noctilio (Siricidae)

Guignard Q, Spaethe J, Slippers B, Strube-Bloss M et al.

Scientific Reports

Abstract A precondition for colour vision is the presence of at least two spectral types of photoreceptors in the eye. The order...

Mar 2021

The history and distribution of nodulating Paraburkholderia, a potential inoculum for Fynbos forage species

Beukes CW, Venter SN, Steenkamp ET

Grass and Forage Science

AbstractLegumes in the Fynbos vegetation of the Western Cape of South Africa have emerged as candidates for domestication,...

Jul 2021

“Core” RxLR effectors in phytopathogenic oomycetes: A promising way to breeding for durable resistance in plants?

Jane Chepsergon, Thabiso E. Motaung, Lucy Novungayo Moleleki

Virulence

Phytopathogenic oomycetes are known to successfully infect their hosts due to their ability to secrete effector proteins. Of...