Publications

Jan 2018

Turning workers into false queens: the role of exogenous pheromones in regulating reproduction in worker honey bees

Yusuf, Abdullahi A., Crewe, Robin M., Pirk, Christian W. W.

The Journal of Experimental Biology

One of the responses that honey bee workers can make in the event of queen loss is to develop into false queens. False queens are...

Jan 2018

Leguminous crops as an alternative rotation with tobacco to control Meloidogyne javanica

Makunde PT, Dimbi S, Mahere TS

Journal of Entomology and Nematology

Mar 2018

The importance of alien plants in the well-being of rural communities in northern Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

South African Journal of Botany

2018

First Report of White Root Rot Caused by Rosellinia necatrix on Persea americana in South Africa

Plant Disease

2018

Processionnaire du pin: un traitement bille en tête

Pal E, Correard M, Rei F, Thevenet J et al.

Phytoma

Jun 2018

Cryptococcus neoformans mutant screening: a genome-scale's worth of function discovery

Motaung TE

Fungal Biology Reviews

2018

Survey of natural enemies of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) and biology of the dominant parasitoids in China

Wang H, Shi J, Luo Y, Sheng M et al.

Scientia Silvae Sinicae

Sep 2018

Growth, Development, Leaf Gaseous Exhange, and Grain Yield Response of Maize Cultivars to Drought and Flooding Stress

Mangani R, Tesfamariam E, Bellocchi G, Hassen A

Sustainability

The prevalence of extreme drought and flooding is posing a threat to the food security of Sub-Saharan African countries. There...

Jul 2018

Modelled impacts of extreme heat and drought on maize yield in South Africa

Mangani R, Tesfamariam E, Bellocchi G, Hassen A

Crop & Pasture Science

This study assessed two versions of the crop model CropSyst (i.e. EMS, existing; MMS, modified) for their ability to simulate...