Publications

Jul 2016

Drought stress responses in soybean roots and nodules

Kunert K, Vorster BJ, Fenta BA, Kibido T et al.

Frontiers in Plant Science

Drought is considered to be a major threat to soybean production worldwide and yet our current understanding of the effects of...

Oct 2016

Cercospora zeina from maize in South Africa exhibits high genetic diversity and lack of regional population differentiation

Muller MF, Barnes I, Kunene NT, Crampton BG et al.

Phytopathology

South Africa is one of the leading maize-producing countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Since the 1980s, Cercospora zeina, a causal...

Nov 2016

Lack of population structure and mixed reproduction modes in Exserohilum turcicum from South Africa

Human MP, Barnes I, Craven M, Crampton BG

Phytopathology

Exserohilum turcicum is the causal agent of northern corn leaf blight, a destructive foliar disease of maize that results in...

Jul 2016

Shot hole disease on Prunus laurocerasus caused by Neofusicoccum parvum in Serbia

Zlatković M, Keča N, Wingfield MJ, Jami F et al.

Forest Pathology

SummaryBetween 2010 and 2014, symptoms of a shot hole disease were observed on cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus L.) trees and...

Jul 2016

Two Ralstonia species associated with bacterial wilt of Eucalyptus

Carstensen GD, Venter SN, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA

Plant Pathology

Ralstonia solanacearum sensu lato causes bacterial wilt in many economically important agronomic crops and tree species....

Dec 2015

Opportunities for unlocking the potential of genomics for African trees

Daru B, Berger DK, Van Wyk AE

New Phytologist

Jun 2016

Investigating the effects of symbiotic fungi on the flight behaviour of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae)

Sarvary MA, Hajek AE, Böröczky K, Raguso RA et al.

The Canadian Entomologist

AbstractThe invasive woodwaspSirex noctilioFabricius (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) is obligately associated with the symbiotic white...

May 2016

Host selection by Ibalia leucospoides based on temporal variations of volatiles from the hosts’ fungal symbiont

Jofre N, Pildain MB, Cirigliano AM, Cabrera GM et al.

Journal of Applied Entomology

AbstractInsect parasitoids locate hosts via reliable and predictable cues such as volatile emissions from hosts and/or host...

Nov 2015

Horizontal transmission of a parasitic nematode from a non-native to a native woodwasp?

Haavik LJ, Yu Q, Turgeon JJ, Allison JD

Biological Invasions

In eastern North America, the exotic invasive woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, attacks pines (Pinus spp.) and often shares larval...