Publications

Jan 2021

Anthropogenic Disturbance Impacts Mycorrhizal Communities and Abiotic Soil Properties: Implications for an Endemic Forest Disease

Sapsford SJ, Paap T, Hardy GEStJ, Burgess TI

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

In forest ecosystems, habitat fragmentation negatively impacts stand structure and biodiversity; the resulting fragmented patches...

Jan 2021

Breed ancestry, divergence, admixture, and selection patterns of the Simbra crossbreed

van der Nest, MA, Hlongwane, N, Hadebe, K, Chan, W-Y et al.

Frontiers in Genetics

In this study, we evaluated an admixed South African Simbra crossbred population, as well as the Brahman (Indicine) and Simmental...

Feb 2021

Eucalyptus scab and shoot malformation: A new and serious foliar disease of Eucalyptus caused by Elsinoe necatrix sp. nov.

Pham NQ, Marincowitz S, Solís M, Duong TA et al.

Plant Pathology

Abstract In 2014, a new and serious leaf and shoot disease of unknown aetiology appeared in Eucalyptus plantations of North...

Jan 2021

Species diversity, mating strategy, and pathogenicity of Calonectria species from diseased leaves and soils in the Eucalyptus plantation in southern China

Wu WX, Chen SF

Journal of Fungi

Many Calonectria species are causal agents of diseases on several forestry, agricultural and horticultural crops. Calonectria...

Apr 2021

The life cycle and field epidemiology of Uromycladium acaciae (Pucciniales) on Acacia mearnsii in South Africa

Fraser S, McTaggart AR, Roux J, Nel J et al.

Annals of Applied Biology

AbstractUromycladium acaciae has damaged plantations of Acacia mearnsii in southern Africa since 2013. Uredinia of a species of...

2021

First records of Amaranthus palmeri, a new emerging weed in southern Africa with further notes on other poorly known alien amaranths in the continent

Sukhorukov AP, Kushunina M, Reinhardt CF, Bezuidenhout H et al.

BioInvasion Records

Mar 2021

Doing it alone: Unisexual reproduction in filamentous ascomycete fungi

Wilson AM, Gabriel R, Singer SW, Schuerg T et al.

Fungal Biology Reviews

Nov 2020

FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles

Põlme, Sergei, Abarenkov, Kessy, Henrik Nilsson, R., Lindahl, Björn D. et al.

Fungal Diversity

The cryptic lifestyle of most fungi necessitates molecular identification of the guild in environmental studies. Over the past...

2021

The enemy of my enemy is my friend

Hurley BP

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