Publications

Oct 2014

Noctilisin, a venom glycopeptide of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), causes needle wilt and defense gene responses in Pines

Bordeaux JM, Lorenz WW, Johnson D, Badgett MJ et al.

Journal of Economic Entomology

During oviposition, female Sirex noctilio (F.) (Siricidae) woodwasps inject their conifer hosts with a venom gland secretion. The...

Jan 2014

Trapping techniques for Siricids and their parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Siricidae and Ibaliidae) in the southeastern United States

Barnes BF, Meeker JR, Johnson W, Asaro C et al.

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

AbstractThe recent introduction of Sirex noctilio F. (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) into North America has raised interest in native...

2014

Host use patterns by the European Woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, in its native and invaded range

Ayres MP, Pena R, Lombardo JA, Lombardero MJ

PLoS ONE

Feb 2014

Detecting Sirex noctilio grey-attacked and lightning-struck pine trees using airborne hyperspectral data, random forest and support vector machines classifiers

Abdel-Rahman EM, Mutanga O, Adam E, Ismail R

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Jan 2014

Lineages in Nectriaceae: re-evaluating the generic status of Ilyonectria and allied genera

Lombard L, Van der Merwe NA, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Genera with cylindrocarpon-like asexual morphs are important pathogens of various herbaceous and
\nwoody plant hosts...

Jan 2014

Involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling in pearl millet-downy mildew interaction

Melvin P, Prabhu SA, Anup CP, Shailasree S et al.

Plant Science

Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade-mediated signalling is essential in the establishment of resistance towards...

Jun 2014

Experimental and bioinformatic characterisation of a recombinant polygalacturonase-inhibitor protein from pearl millet and its interaction with fungal polygalacturonases

Prabhu SA, Singh R, Kolkenbrock S, Neerakkal S et al.

Journal of Experimental Botany

Polygalacturonases (PGs) are hydrolytic enzymes employed by several phytopathogens to weaken the plant cell wall by degrading...

2014

Visual cues and host-plant preference of the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Schröder ML, Glinwood R, Ignell R, Krüger K

African Entomology

2014

Preference of aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) for lucerne, maize, soybean and wheat and their potential as prospective border crops for Potato virus Y management in seed potatoes

Schröder ML, Krüger K

African Entomology