Publications

Sep 2018

Seasonal variability in fungal endophytes from Aizoaceae plants in the Succulent Karoo biodiversity hotspot, South Africa

Pieterse, E., Aveling, T.A.S., Jacobs, A., Cowan, D.A.

Journal of Arid Environments

All ten species of Aizoaceae screened in this study were populated with endophytes. Fifty nine fungal species from 25 genera,...

Jun 2018

Three Ganoderma species, including Ganoderma dunense sp. nov., associated with dying Acacia cyclops trees in South Africa

Tchotet Tchoumi JM, Coetzee MPA, Rajchenberg, M., Wingfield, M. J. et al.

Australasian Plant Pathology

Large numbers of Acacia cyclops trees are dying along the coastal plains of the Eastern and Western Cape Provinces of South...

Jun 2018

IMA Genome-F 9 Draft genome sequence of Annulohypoxylon stygium, Aspergillus mulundensis, Berkeleyomyces basicola (syn. Thielaviopsis basicola), Ceratocystis smalleyi, two Cercospora beticola strains, Coleophoma cylindrospora, Fusarium fracticaudum, Phialophora cf. hyalina, and Morchella septimelata

Wingfield BD, Bills GF, Dong Y, Huang W et al.

IMA Fungus

Draft genomes of the species <i>Annulohypoxylon stygium, Aspergillus mulundensis, Berkeleyomyces basicola</i> (syn....

Jun 2018

Greenhouse application of Steinernema yirgalemense to control fungus gnats, Bradysia impatiens

Katumanyane A, Ferreira T, Antoinette AP

BioControl

Mar 2018

A review of Bradysia spp. (Diptera: Sciaridae) as pests in nursery and glasshouse crops, with special reference to biological control using entomopathogenic nematodes

Katumanyane A , Ferreira T , Malan AP

African Entomology

Jun 2018

Greenhouse application of Steinernema yirgalemense to control fungus gnats, Bradysia impatiens

Katumanyane A, Ferreira T

BioControl

Jun 2018

Differences in hormonal signaling triggered by two root-feeding nematode species result in contrasting effects on aphid population growth

Nicole M. Van Dam, Mesfin Wondafrash, Vartika Mathur , Tom O. Tytgat

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Jun 2018

Genetic diversity of Amylostereum areolatum, the fungal symbiont of the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio in South Africa

Mlonyeni XO, Wingfield MJ, Greeff JM, Wingfield BD et al.

Forest Pathology

AbstractAmylostereum areolatum is a wood‐decaying homobasidiomycete fungal symbiont of Sirex noctilio. Together, they cause...

2018

A new Cytospora species pathogenic on Carpobrotus edulis in its native habitat

Jami F, , Marincowitz S, Crous PW, Jacobsohn A et al.

FUSE

<i>Carpobrotus edulis</i> (<i>Aizoaceae</i>) is a fleshy creeper, native to South Africa and commonly found growing on coastal...