Publications

Feb 2020

Impact of intercept trap type on plume structure: a potential mechanism for differential performance of intercept trap designs for Monochamus species.

Bouwer MC, MacQuarrie CJK, Aguirre-Gil OJ, Slippers B et al.

Journal of Pest Science

Jun 2020

Bark beetle mycobiome: collaboratively defined research priorities on a widespread insect-fungus symbiosis

Hulcr J, Barnes I, De Beer ZW, Duong TA et al.

Symbiosis

AbstractOne of the main threats to forests in the Anthropocene are novel or altered interactions among trees, insects and fungi....

Jun 2020

Ceratocystis quercicola sp. nov. from Quercus variabilis in Korea

Sung-Eun Cho, Dong-Hyeon Lee, Wingfield MJ, Marincowitz S

Mycobiology

During a survey of putative fungal pathogens infecting oak trees in the Gangwon Province of the Republic of Korea, a fungus...

Jun 2020

CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing in the Filamentous Ascomycete Huntiella omanensis

Wilson AM, Wingfield BD

Journal of Visualized Experiments

The CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing system is a molecular tool that can be used to introduce precise changes into the genomes of model...

May 2020

A Genome-Wide Association Study for resistance to the insect pest Leptocybe invasa in Eucalyptus grandis reveals genomic regions and positional candidate defence genes

Mhoswa L, O'Neill M, Makobatjatji MM, Oates CN et al.

Plant & Cell Physiology

Abstract The galling insect, Leptocybe invasa, causes significant losses in plantations of various Eucalyptus species and...

Mar 2020

Gene cluster activation in a bacterial symbiont leads to halogenated angucyclic maduralactomycins and spirocyclic actinospirols

Guo H, Schwitalla JW, Benndorf R, Baunach M et al.

Organic Letters

Growth from spores activated a biosynthetic gene cluster in <i>Actinomadura</i> sp. RB29, resulting in the identification of two...

Jul 2020

Targeted discovery of tetrapeptides and cyclic polyketide-peptide hybrids from a fungal antagonist of farming termites

Schalk F, Um S, Guo H, Kreuzenbeck NB et al.

ChemBioChem

AbstractHerein, we report the targeted isolation and characterization of four linear nonribosomally synthesized tetrapeptides...

May 2020

Metabolomic Fingerprinting of Potato Cultivars Differing in Susceptibility to Spongospora subterranea f. sp. subterranea Root Infection

Moleboheng M, Modisane KJ, Apostolides Z, van der Waals JE

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Plants defend themselves from pathogens by producing bioactive defense chemicals. The biochemical mechanisms relating to...

May 2020

Phylogenomic incongruence in Ceratocystis: a clue to speciation?

Kanzi AM, Trollip C, Wingfield MJ, Barnes I et al.

BMC Genomics

Abstract Background The taxonomic history of Ceratocystis, a genus in the Ceratocystidaceae, has been beset with questions and...