Publications

Sep 2014

Genome-wide characterization and expression profiling of the AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR (ARF) gene family in Eucalyptus grandis

Yu H, Soler M, Mila I, Clemente HS et al.

PLoS ONE

Auxin is a central hormone involved in a wide range of developmental processes including the specification of vascular stem...

Oct 2014

Increased Resistance to Biotrophic Pathogens in the Arabidopsis Constitutive Induced Resistance 1 Mutant Is EDS1 and PAD4-Dependent and Modulated by Environmental Temperature

Carstens M, McCrindle TK, Adams N, Diener A et al.

PLoS ONE

The Arabidopsis constitutive induced resistance 1 (cir1) mutant displays salicylic acid (SA)-dependent constitutive expression of...

2014

The Myrtle Rust pathogen has arrived and South African Myrtales are at risk

Roux J, Pegg GS

Veld & Flora

Nov 2014

Cysteine protease and cystatin expression and activity during soybean nodule development and senescence

van Wyk SG, Du Plessis M, Cullis CA, Kunert KJ et al.

BMC Plant Biology

<h4>Background</h4>Nodules play an important role in fixing atmospheric nitrogen for soybean growth. Premature senescence of...

May 2013

Proteolysis of recombinant proteins in bioengineered plant cells

Pillay P, Schlüter U, van Wyk S, Kunert KJ et al.

Bioengineered

Plants are increasingly used as alternative expression hosts for the production of recombinant proteins offering many advantages...

Oct 2014

Uredinopsis pteridis and Desmella aneimiae, the first rust fungi (Pucciniales) reported on ferns (Pteridophyta) in Australia

McTaggart AR, Geering ADW, Shivas RG

Australasian Plant Disease Notes

Dec 2014

Draft genomes of Amanita jacksonii, Ceratocystis albifundus, Fusarium circinatum, Huntiella omanensis, Leptographium procerum, Rutstroemia sydowiana, and Sclerotinia echinophila

Van der Nest, M.A., Beirn, L.A., Crouch, Jo Anne, Demers, J.E. et al.

IMA Fungus

The genomes of fungi provide an important resource to resolve issues pertaining to their taxonomy, biology, and evolution. The...

Dec 2014

Protein domain evolution is associated with reproductive diversification and adaptive radiation in the genus Eucalyptus

Kersting AR, Mizrachi E, Bornberg-Bauer E, Myburg AA

New Phytologist

Summary Eucalyptus is a pivotal genus within the rosid order Myrtales with distinct geographic history and adaptations....

Dec 2014

Fungal Planet description sheets: 281–319

Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Schumacher RK, Summerell BA et al.

Persoonia

Novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from South Africa: Alanphillipsia aloeicola from Aloe...