Publications

Sep 2012

Diversity of Dicotyledenous-Infecting Geminiviruses and Their Associated DNA Molecules in Southern Africa, Including the South-West Indian Ocean Islands.

Rey MEC, Ndunguru J, Berrie LC, Paximadis A et al.

Viruses

The family Geminiviridae comprises a group of plant-infecting circular ssDNA viruses that severely constrain agricultural...

2012

Survival and Feeding of African bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) affected by Neem, Azadirachta indica (A. Juss) Extracts

Wondafrash M, Getu E, Terefe G

World Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Feb 2012

Assessment of yeast diversity in soils under different management regimes

Yurkov A, Kemler M, Begerow D

Fungal Ecology

Feb 2012

Microbotryum heliospermae, a new anther smut fungus parasitic on Heliosperma pusillum in the mountains of the European Alpine

Piatek M, Lutz M, Ronikier A, Kemler M et al.

Fungal Biology

The members of the smut genus Microbotryum are pathogens of a wide range of host plant species from nine dicotyledonous families....

Apr 2012

Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with the Eastern Himalayan spruce bark beetle (Ips schmutzenhoferi) in Bhutan: species assemblage and phytopathogenicity

Kirisits T, Konrad H, Wingfield MJ, Chhetri DB

Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

Nov 2012

Discrimination of Differentially Inhibited Cysteine Proteases by Activity-Based Profiling Using Cystatin Variants with Tailored Specificities

Sainsbury F, Rheaume A-J, Goulet M-C, Vorster J et al.

Journal of Proteome Research

Recent research has shown the possibility of tailoring the inhibitory specificity of plant cystatins toward cysteine (Cys)...

2012

A general model for training the next generation of biotechnology entrepreneurs based on recent experience of USA-UK-South Africa collaborations

Kunert KJ, Okole B, Vorster BJ, Brewin NJ et al.

Journal of Commercial Biotechnology

Sep 2012

Use of Transgenic Oryzacystatin-I-Expressing Plants Enhances Recombinant Protein Production

Pillay P, Kibido T, du Plessis, M., van der Vyver, C. et al.

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Plants are an effective and inexpensive host for the production of commercially interesting heterologous recombinant proteins....

Sep 2011

Disease ontogeny overshadows effects of climate and species interactions on population dynamics in a nonnative forest disease complex

Garnas JR, Houston DR, Ayres MP, Evans C

Ecography

Biotic threats to trees often arise from interactions among two or more species, frequently insects and fungi, that function...