Publications

Mar 2019

Prokaryotic species are sui generis evolutionary units

Palmer M, Venter SN, Coetzee MPA, Steenkamp ET

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Many gene flow barriers associated with genetic isolation during eukaryotic species divergence, are lacking in prokaryotes. In...

Sep 2018

High genetic diversity of Fusarium circinatum associated with the first outbreak of pitch canker on Pinus patula in South Africa

Fru FF, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield MJ, Roux J

Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science

Jul 2019

Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus, including 11 new species from China

Chang R, Duong, T. A., Taerum, S. J., Wingfield, M.J. et al.

Persoonia

Abstract Ips typographus (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) is a spruce-infesting bark beetle that occurs throughout Europe and Asia. The...

Jul 2018

Current status of the Botryosphaeriaceae in Australia

Burgess TI, Tan YP, Garnas J, Edwards J et al.

Australasian Plant Pathology

May 2018

Australian cultures of Botryosphaeriaceae held in Queensland and Victoria plant pathology herbaria revisited

Tan YP, Shivas RG, Marney TS, , Edwards J, et al.

Australasian Plant Pathology

May 2018

Common pathways by which non-native forest insects move internationally and domestically

Meurisse N, Rassati D, Hurley BP, Brockerhoff EG et al.

Journal of Pest Science

Mar 2018

The transcriptomic changes associated with the development of social parasitism in the honeybee Apis mellifera capensis

Aumer, Denise, Mumoki, Fiona N., Pirk, Christian W. W., Moritz, Robin F. A.

The Science of Nature

Social insects are characterized by the division of labor. Queens usually dominate reproduction, whereas workers fulfill...

Jun 2018

Prediction of insect pest distribution as influenced by elevation: Combining field observations and temperature-dependent development models for the coffee stink bug, Antestiopsis thunbergii (Gmelin)

Azrag, Abdelmutalab G. A., Pirk, Christian W. W., Yusuf, Abdullahi A., Pinard, Fabrice et al.

PLOS ONE

The antestia bug, Antestiopsis thunbergii (Gmelin 1790) is a major pest of Arabica coffee in Africa. The bug prefers coffee at...

Oct 2018

Effects of cage volume and bee density on survival and nutrient intake of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) under laboratory conditions

Bosua, Henrika Jacomina, Nicolson, Susan Wendy, Archer, Catherine Ruth, Pirk, Christian Walter Werner

Apidologie

Laboratory experiments are vital to exploring the causes of pollinator loss, but for these experiments to be informative, they...