Publications

Mar 2019

Environmentally friendly methods for controlling pine pitch canker

Martın-Garcia J, Zas R, Solla A, Woodward S et al.

Plant Pathology

Fusarium circinatum is a highly virulent invasive pathogen that causes the disease commonly known as pine pitch canker ( PPC )....

Mar 2019

Effect of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) attack density on Pinus sylvestris (Pinaceae) survival

Haavik LJ, Hurley BP, Allison JD

Canadian Entomologist

AbstractPopulation density is often a critical factor in colonisation of trees by bark and wood-boring insects and may determine...

Mar 2019

Biochemical and phylogenetic analysis of Eugenia and Syzygium species from Mauritius

Ranghoo-Sanmukhiya VM, Soulange JG, Chellan Y, Lambrechts I et al.

Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Mar 2019

Local antagonism and resource partitioning between two invasive pine plantation pests

Wondafrash M, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Garnas J

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Abstract The woodwasp Sirex noctilio Fabricius, native to Eurasia and North Africa, regularly co‐occurs with a North American...

Mar 2019

Black root rot: A long known but little understood disease

Nel WJ, Duong TA, De Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ

Plant Pathology

Black root rot caused by the pathogen Thielaviopsis basicola has been known since the mid 1800s. The disease is important on many...

Jul 2019

First Report of Fusarium euwallaceae on Persea americana in South Africa

Van den Berg N, Du Toit M, Morgan SW, Fourie G et al.

Plant Disease

Avocado is an important fruit commodity in South Africa for both the local and export market. A total of 17, 500 ha of avocado...

Mar 2019

Development of marama bean, an orphan legume, as a crop

Cullis C, Lawler DW, Chimwamurombe P, Kunert K et al.

Food and Energy Security

AbstractAdvances have been recently made in the breeding and characterization of three major legume crops of the semiarid...

Feb 2019

Roots and nodules responds differently to P starvation in the mediterranean-type legume Virgilia divaricata

Stevens GG, Pérez-Fernández MA, Morcillo RJL, Kleinert A et al.

Frontiers in Plant Science

<i>Virgilia divaricata</i> is a tree legume that grows in the Cape Floristic Region (CFA) in poor nutrient soils. A comparison...

May 2019

Genomic analysis of the aggressive tree pathogen Ceratocystis albifundus

van der Nest MA, Steenkamp ET, Roodt D, Soal NA et al.

Fungal Biology

The overall goal of this study was to determine whether the genome of an important plant pathogen in Africa, Ceratocystis...