Publications

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...

Feb 2012

Homopterans and an invasive red ant, Myrmica rubra (L.), in Maine

McPhee K, Garnas JR, Drummond F, Groden E

Environmental Entomology

Myrmica rubra (L.), is an invasive ant that is spreading across eastern North America. It is presently found in over 40...

Nov 2012

Die-off of giant Euphorbia trees in South Africa: Symptoms and relationships to climate

Van der Linde JA, Roux J, Wingfield MJ, Six DL

South African Journal of Botany

2012

The Sirex Woodwasp and its Fungal Symbiont: Research and Management of a Worldwide Invasive Pest

Slippers B, de Groot P, Wingfield MJ