Publications

Nov 2016

Antifungal Streptomyces spp. associated with the infructescences of Protea spp. in South Africa

Human ZR, Moon K, Bae M, De Beer ZW et al.

Frontiers in Microbiology

Common saprophytic fungi are seldom present in Protea infructescences, which is strange given the abundance of mainly dead plant...

Oct 2016

Draft Genome Sequence of Alternaria alternata Isolated from Onion Leaves in South Africa

Bihon W, Cloete M, Gerrano AS, Oelofse D et al.

Genome Announcement

ABSTRACT Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissler strain PPRI 21032 was isolated from onion leaves collected in Roodeplaat, Pretoria,...

Sep 2016

Neotypification of Dothistroma septosporum and epitypification of D. pini, causal agents of Dothistroma needle blight of pine

Barnes I, van der Nest A, Mullett MS, Crous PW et al.

Forest Pathology

SummaryDothistroma needle blight (DNB) is one of the most devastating needle diseases on Pinus spp. worldwide. Ever since the...

Sep 2016

Identification of rust fungi (Pucciniales) on species of Allium in Australia

McTaggart AR, Shivas RG, Doungsa-ard C, Weese TL et al.

Australasian Plant Pathology

Sep 2016

A worldwide perspective on the management and control of Dothistroma needle blight

Bulman LS, Bradshaw RE, Fraser S, Martín-García J et al.

Forest Pathology

SummaryDothistroma needle blight (DNB) caused by Dothistroma septosporum and Dothistroma pini is a damaging disease of pine in...

Sep 2016

Development of microsatellite markers for the pine needle blight pathogen, Dothistroma pini

Siziba VI, Wingfield MJ, Sadikovic D, Mullett MS et al.

Forest Pathology

SummaryDothistroma needle blight of Pinus spp. is a serious disease that can be caused by two distinct fungal species:...

Sep 2016

Global geographic distribution and host range of Dothistroma species: a comprehensive review

Drenkhan R, Tomešová-Haataja V, Fraser S, Bradshaw RE et al.

Forest Pathology

SummaryDothistroma needle blight (DNB) is one of the most important diseases of pine. Although its notoriety stems from Southern...

2016

Fungal Systematics and Evolution: FUSE 2

Hernández-Restrepo M, Schumacher RK, Wingfield MJ, Ahmad I et al.

Sydowia

Aug 2016

Neglecting legumes has compromised human health and sustainable food production

Foyer CH, Lam H-M, Nguyen HT, Siddique KHM et al.

Nature Plants

The United Nations declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (grain legumes) under the banner 'nutritious seeds for a...