Publications

Dec 2017

Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with conifer-infesting beetles and their phoretic mites in Yunnan, China

Chang R, Duong TA, Taerum SJ, Wingfield MJ et al.

MycoKeys

The Ophiostomatales is an Ascomycete order of fungi that accommodates several tree pathogens and many species that degrade wood....

Dec 2017

New microsatellite markers for population studies of Phytophthora cinnamomi, an important global pathogen

Engelbrecht J, Duong TA, van den Berg N

Scientific Reports

AbstractPhytophthora cinnamomiis the causal agent of root rot, canker and dieback of thousands of plant species around the globe....

Nov 2017

Promoting an environment of innovation: A university scientist’s view

Wingfield BD

South African Journal of Science

2017

Using standard keywords in publications to facilitate updates of new fungal taxonomic names

Schoch CL, Aime MC, De Beer ZW, Crous PW et al.

IMA Fungus

The combination of manual curation and the reliance on updates from submitters to the public sequence databases is currently...

2017

The South African Sirex Control Programme: Monitoring and biological control guidelines for Sirex noctilio infestations in the summer rainfall regions of South Africa

Verleur PM, Croft PK, Germishuizen I

ICFR Technical Note

Sep 2017

Opportunities for silviculture in management and restoration of forests affected by invasive species

Muzika RM

Biological Invasions

Despite increasing interest in managing invasive species in forests, few long-term experimental studies have been conducted that...

2017

A Blend of Ethanol and (−)-α-Pinene were Highly Attractive to Native Siricid Woodwasps (Siricidae, Siricinae) Infesting Conifers of the Sierra Nevada and the Allegheny Mountains

Erbilgin N, Stein JD, Acciavatti RE, Gillette NE et al.

Journal of Chemical Ecology

2017

Recommendations for the establishment of trap tree plots for the monitoring of Sirex noctilio under South African pulpwood and sawtimber plantation conditions

Croft PK, Verleur PM

ICFR Technical Note

2017

Sawflies and horntails of Madeira Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Symphyta), with the first records of two wasp species (Hymenoptera: Ibaliidae & Ichneumonidae) parasitizing Sirex noctilio (Fabricius, 1793)

Aguiar AF, Cravo D, Gonçalves Y

Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine