Publications

Dec 2016

Global food and fibre security threatened by current inefficiencies in fungal identification

Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

Fungal pathogens severely impact global food and fibre crop security. Fungal species that cause plant diseases have mostly been...

2016

Armillaria Root Rot of Theobroma cacao

Roux J, Coetzee MPA

Cacao Diseases: A History of Old Enemies and New Encounters

Jan 2017

Metabolomic and molecular signatures of Mascarene Aloes using a multidisciplinary approach

Govinden-Soulange J, Lobine D, Frederich M, Kodj H et al.

South African Journal of Botany

In this research a multidisciplinary approach was used to unveil the genetic, metabolic uniqueness and relationships of endemic...

Dec 2016

Host specificity and diversity of Amylostereum associated with Japanese siricids

Fitza KNE, Tabata M, Kanzaki N, Kimura K et al.

Fungal Ecology

Oct 2016

A unique genotype of the rust pathogen, Puccinia psidii, on Myrtaceae in South Africa

Roux J, Granados GM, Shuey L, Barnes I et al.

Australasian Plant Pathology

2016

Deladenus nitobei n. sp. (Tylenchomorpha: Allantonematidae) isolated from Sirex nitobei (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) from Aomori, Japan, a new member of the siricidicola superspecies

Kanzaki N, Tanaka SE, Fitza KNE, Kosaka H et al.

Nematology

Deladenus nitobein. sp., a parasite of a woodwasp species,Sirex nitobei, is described based on its typological characters and...

Sep 2016

Six recently recorded Australian insects associated with Eucalyptus in South Africa

Bush SJ, Slippers B, Neser S, Harney M et al.

African Entomology

Sep 2016

Volatile organic compounds emitted by fungal associates of conifer bark beetles and their potential in bark beetle control

Kandasamy D, Gershenzon J, Hammerbacher A

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Conifer bark beetles attack and kill mature spruce and pine trees, especially during hot and dry conditions. These beetles are...

Oct 2016

Botrytis eucalypti, a novel species isolated from diseased Eucalyptus seedlings in South China

Liu QL, Li GQ, Li JQ, Chen SF

Mycological Progress