Publications

Jun 2018

Cadophora margaritata sp. nov. and other fungi associated with the longhorn beetles Anoplophora glabipennis and Saperda carcharias in Finland.

Linnakoski R, Kasanen R, Lasarov I, Marttinen T et al.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Symbiosis with microbes is crucial for survival and development of wood-inhabiting longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)....

Jan 2018

Seasonal flight patterns of Curculionidae (Cossoninae and Scolytinae) infesting dying Euphorbia ingens in South Africa.

van der Linde JA, Wingfield MJ, Six DL, Roux J

BioOne Complete

Jun 2018

An artificial inoculation protocol for Uromycladium acacia, cause of a serious disease of Acacia mearnsii in southern Africa.

Fraser S, McTaggart AR, Chan JM, Nxumalo T et al.

Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science

Aug 2018

Defence transcriptome assembly and pathogenesis related gene family analysis in Pinus tecunumanii (low elevation)

Visser EA, Wegrzyn JL, Myburg AA, Naidoo S

BMC Genomics

<h4>Background</h4>Fusarium circinatum is a pressing threat to the cultivation of many economically important pine tree species....

Jul 2017

From isolated light-harvesting complexes to the thylakoid membrane: A single-molecule perspective

Gruber, J.M., Malý, P., Krüger, T.P.J., Grondelle, R.V.

Nanophotonics

Abstract The conversion of solar radiation to chemical energy in plants and green algae takes place in the thylakoid membrane....

Feb 2018

Apoprotein heterogeneity increases spectral disorder and a step-wise modification of the B850 fluorescence peak position

Ilioaia, C., Krüger, T.P.J., Ilioaia, O., Robert, B. et al.

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

It has already been established that the quaternary structure of the main light-harvesting complex (LH2) from the photosynthetic...

Mar 2018

Phycocyanin: One Complex, Two States, Two Functions

Gwizdala, M., Krüger, T.P.J., Wahadoszamen, M., Gruber, J.M. et al.

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Solar energy captured by pigments embedded in light-harvesting complexes can be transferred to neighboring pigments, dissipated,...

Apr 2018

Use of interfacial layers to prolong hole lifetimes in hematite probed by ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy

Paradzah, A.T., Diale, M., Maabong, K., Krüger, T.P.J.

Physica B: Condensed Matter

Apr 2018

Switching an Individual Phycobilisome off and on

Gwizdala, M., Botha, J.L., Wilson, A., Kirilovsky, D. et al.

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Photosynthetic organisms have found various smart ways to cope with unexpected changes in light conditions. In many...