Publications

Sep 2018

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

van den Berg N, Hartley J, Engelbrecht J, Mufamadi Z et al.

Plant Disease

Avocados are an important fruit crop in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. In September 2016, rapidly declining trees...

May 2018

EuGI: a novel resource for studying genomic islands to facilitate horizontal gene transfer detection in eukaryotes

Clasen FJ, Pierneef RE, Slippers B, Reva O

BMC Genomics

<h4>Background</h4>Genomic islands (GIs) are inserts of foreign DNA that have potentially arisen through horizontal gene transfer...

Jan 2018

Taxonomic annotation of public ITS sequences from the built environment - a report from an April 10-11, 2017 worksop (Aberdeen, UK).

Nilsson HR, Taylor AFS, Adams RI, Baschien C et al.

MycoKeys

Recent DNA-based studies have shown that the built environment is surprisingly rich in fungi. These indoor fungi - whether...

Nov 2017

Bacterial canker of cherry trees, Prunus avium, in South Africa

Otto M, Petersen, Y., Roux, J., Wright, J. et al.

European Journal of Plant Pathology

In the 1980’s the causal agents of bacterial canker of cherry trees in South Africa was reported to be Pseudomonas syringae pv....

2018

Some additional bionomic characters of Deladenus nitobei

Kanzaki N, Tanaka SE, Ito M, Tanaka K et al.

Nematology

Jan 2018

Alternaria alternata, the causal agent of leaf blight of sunflower in South Africa

Terry Aveling, Truter, M., Ramusi, T. M., Flett, B. et al.

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is an important oilseed crop in South Africa, and is grown in rotation with maize in some parts...

Jun 2018

New Ceratocystis species associated with rapid death of Metrosideros polymorpha in Hawai`i

Barnes I, Fourie A, Wingfield MJ, Harrington TC et al.

Persoonia

The native `ōhi`a lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) has cultural, biological and ecological significance to Hawai`i, but it is...

Jul 2018

Inheritance of phenotypic traits in the progeny of a Ceratocystis interspecific cross

Fourie A, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, van der Nest MA et al.

Fungal Biology

Ceratocystis fimbriata is a fungal plant pathogen that causes black rot on Ipomoea batatas. Based on inoculation studies on...

Mar 2018

Population genetic analyses of complex global insect invasions in managed landscapes: a Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera) case study

Dittrich-Schröder G, Hoareau TB, Hurley BP, Wingfield MJ et al.

Biological Invasions

Increased rates of movement and the accumulation of insects establishing outside their native range is leading to the ‘global...