Publications

2020

Husk rot disease: causal agents and disease epidemiology

Mufamadi Z, Fourie G, Willis-Boyum A, van den Berg N

SAMAC Journal

Nov 2020

Biotic and abiotic effects on density, body size, sex ratio, and survival in immature stages of the European woodwasp, Sirex noctilio

Garnas JR, Vann KE, Hurley BP

Ecology and Evolution

AbstractResource quality can have direct or indirect effects on female oviposition choice, offspring growth and survival, and...

Oct 2020

Chrysoporthe puriensis sp. nov. from Tibouchina spp. in Brazil: an emerging threat to Eucalyptus

Oliveira MES, van der Merwe NA, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD et al.

Australasian Plant Pathology

Sep 2020

Polyhalogenation of Isoflavonoids by the Termite-Associated Actinomadura sp. RB99

Rak Lee, S, Schalk, F, Schwitalla, JW, Benndorf, R et al.

Journal of Natural Products

Based on high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry (HR-MS²) and global natural products social molecular networking...

Oct 2020

Diagnostic markers for Teratosphaeria destructans and closely related species

Havenga M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Dreyer LL et al.

Forest Pathology

Abstract Teratosphaeria foliar pathogens cause leaf and shoot blight on Eucalyptus trees in many parts of the world. Among them,...

Oct 2020

Variation in Botryosphaeriaceae from Eucalyptus plantations in YunNan Province in southwestern China across a climatic gradient

Li GQ, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Chen SF

IMA Fungus

ABSTRACTThe Botryosphaeriaceae accommodates many important pathogens of woody plants, including Eucalyptus. Recently,...

Oct 2020

Harmonising the fields of invasion science and forest pathology

Paap T, Wingfield MJ, Burgess TI, Hulbert JM et al.

NeoBiota

Invasive alien species are widely recognised as significant drivers of global environmental change, with far reaching ecological...

Oct 2020

Legislation and legal frame work for sustainable edible insects use in Nigeria

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science

Oct 2020

Interactions between hymenopteran species associated with gall-forming wasps: the Leptocybe invasa community as a case study

Gevers CR, Dittrich-Schroder D, Slippers B, Hurley BP

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Abstract Leptocybe invasa is native to Australia and induces galls on various species of Eucalyptus . Two genetically distinct...