Publications

Sep 2013

Temperature explains variable spread rates of the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio in the Southern Hemisphere

Lantschner, Victoria, Villacide, José M., Garnas, Jeffrey R., Croft, Philip et al.

Biological Invasions

The frequency of introductions of non-indigenous forest insects into new habitats is increasing worldwide, often with profoundly...

Feb 2014

Stress response in Pectobacterium atrosepticum SCRI1043 under starvation conditions: adaptive reactions at a low population density

Petrova O, Gorshkov V, Daminova A, Ageeva M et al.

Research Microbiology

The adaptive reactions of plant pathogenic bacterium Pectobacterium atrosepticum SCRI1043 under starvation conditions were...

Feb 2014

Botryosphaeriaceae species overlap on four unrelated, native South African hosts

Jami F, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M

Fungal Biology

Botryosphaeriaceae represents an important and diverse family of latent fungal pathogens of woody plants. We address the question...

Sep 2013

Evidence for a new introduction of the pitch canker fungus Fusarium circinatum in South Africa

Steenkamp ET, Makhari OM, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD et al.

Plant Pathology

Fusarium circinatum causes pitch canker of P...

Jan 2014

MAT gene idiomorphs suggest a heterothallic sexual cycle in a predominantly asexual and important pine pathogen

Bihon, Wubetu, Wingfield, Michael J., Slippers, Bernard, Duong, Tuan A. et al.

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Diplodia pinea (=Sphaeropsis sapinea) is a well-known and economically important latent pathogen of Pinus spp. in many parts of...

Mar 2013

An effective method for maintaining the African termite-raiding ant Pachycondyla analis in the laboratory

Yusuf, A. A., Crewe, R. M., Pirk, C. W. W.

AFRICAN ENTOMOLOGY

2013

Statistical guidelines for Apis mellifera research.

Pirk, C. W. W., Miranda, J. R. de, Kramer, M., Murray, T. E. et al.

Journal of Apicultural Research

Jun 2013

Male-biased dispersal promotes large scale gene flow in a subterranean army ant, Dorylus (Typhlopone) fulvus

Barth, M. B., Moritz, Robin F. A., Pirk, Christian W. W., Kraus, F. Bernhard

Population Ecology

Abstract Sex‐biased dispersal is a widespread phenomenon in the animal kingdom, which strongly influences gene flow and...

May 2013

Physical properties of honeybee silk: a review

Hepburn, H. Randall, Duangphakdee, Orawan, Pirk, Christian W. W.

Apidologie