Publications

Published: 04.06.24

Best practices for colony management: a neglected aspect for improving honey bee colony health and productivity in Africa

Nganso, Beatrice T., Soroker, Victoria, Osabutey, Angelina F., Pirk, Christian W. W. et al.

Journal of Apicultural Research

Published: 04.06.24

A Hitchhiker’s Ride: The Honey Bee Louse Braula Coeca (Diptera: Braulidae) Selects its Host by Eavesdropping

Yusuf, Abdullahi, Pirk, Christian, Crewe, Robin

Journal of Chemical Ecology

The bee louse Braula spp. had until recently a distribution coincident with its host the honey bee. The adult fly usually...

Published: 04.06.24

Double-stranded RNA uptake for the control of the maize pathogen Cercospora zeina

Marais I, Buitendag C, Duong TA, Crampton BG et al.

Plant Pathology

Published: 04.06.24

Chrysoporthe brasiliensis sp. nov. pathogenic to Melastomataceae in southeast Brazil

Silva GA, Oliveira MES, Rêgo GMS, Wingfield BD et al.

Fungal Biology

Published: 04.06.24

SeqCode facilitates naming of South African rhizobia left in limbo

Van Lill M, Venter SN, Muema EK, Palmer M. et al.

Systematics and Applied Microbiology

Published: 04.06.24

Comparative transcriptional analysis of Persea americana MYB, WRKY and AP2/ERF transcription factors following Phytophthora cinnamomi infection

Fick A, Swart V, Bombarely A, van den Berg N

Molecular Plant Pathology

Published: 04.06.24

Maize–Fusarium associations and their mycotoxins: Insights from South Africa

Visagie CM, Meyer H, Yilmaz N

Fungal Biology

Published: 04.06.24

Lethal and sublethal effects of insecticides on Bathycoelia distincta (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

Pal E, Allison, JD, Hurley BP, Slippers, B et al.

African Entomology

Published: 04.06.24

First report of Citrus concave gum-associated virus (CCGaV) on apple (Malus spp.) in South Africa

Pietersen G, Morgan S, Read DA

Journal of Plant Pathology