Publications
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Apr 2019
The synergistic effect of concatenation in phylogenomics: the case in Pantoea
Palmer M, Venter SN, McTaggart AR, Coetzee MPA et al.
PeerJ
With the increased availability of genome sequences for bacteria, it has become routine practice to construct genome-based...
Apr 2019
Plant Vacuolar Processing Enzymes
Juan Vorster, Chris Cullis, Karl Kunert
Frontiers in Plant Science
Plant proteomes contain hundreds of proteases divided into different families based on evolutionary and functional relationship....
2019
How the open access model hurts academics in poorer countries
Wingfield BD, Millar B
The Conversation
2019
Guide to the classical biological control of insect pests in planted and natural forests
Kenis M, Hurley BP, Colombari F, Lawson S et al.
2019
The impact of the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer on Pecan trees in South Africa
Fell S, De Beer ZW
SA Pecan
Apr 2019
Adaptive variation for growth and resistance to a novel pathogen along climatic gradients in a foundation tree
Ahrens CW, Mazanec RA, Paap T, Ruthrof KX et al.
Evolutionary Applications
AbstractNatural ecosystems are under pressure from increasing abiotic and biotic stressors, including climate change and novel...
Mar 2019
The road to resistance in forest trees
Naidoo S, Slippers B, Plett JM, Coles D et al.
Frontiers in Plant Science
In recent years, forests have been exposed to an unprecedented rise in pests and pathogens. This, coupled with the added...
Apr 2019
Global population genomics of the forest pathogen Dothistroma septosporum reveal chromosome duplications in high dothistromin-producing strains
Bradshaw RE, Sim AD, Chettri P, Dupont P-Y et al.
Molecular Plant Pathology
Summary Dothistroma needle blight is one of the most devastating pine tree diseases worldwide. New and emerging epidemics have...
Apr 2019
Genetic diversity of the pine pathogen Lecanosticta acicola, in Slovenia and Croatia
Sadiković D, Piškur B, Barnes I, Hauptman T et al.
Plant Pathology
Brown spot needle blight ( BSNB ), a disease of pine trees caused by the fungus Lecanosticta acicola , has been known in Slovenia...