Publications

Sep 2023

Population genomic analyses suggest recent dispersal events of the pathogen Cercospora zeina into East and Southern African maize cropping systems

Welgemoed T, Duong TA, Barnes I, Stukenbrock EH et al.

G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics

Abstract A serious factor hampering global maize production is gray leaf spot disease. Cercospora zeina is one of the causative...

Sep 2023

A practical approach to genome assembly and annotation of Basidiomycota using the example of Armillaria

Narh Mensah DL , Wingfield BD, Coetzee MPA

BioTechniques

Technological advancements in genome sequencing, assembly and annotation platforms and algorithms that resulted in several...

Sep 2023

Quambalaria eucalypti found on Eucalyptus in Indonesia

Tarigan M, Wingfield MJ, Marpaung YMAN, Duran A et al.

Forest Pathology

Abstract The Eucalyptus plantation industry in Indonesia has expanded rapidly during the last few decades. During routine nursery...

Aug 2023

Copy Number Variation Discovery in South African Nguni-Sired and Bonsmara-Sired Crossbred Cattle

Kooverjee BB, Soma P, van der Nest MA, Scholtz MM et al.

Animals

Crossbreeding forms part of Climate-Smart beef production and is one of the strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change....

Sep 2023

Complex evolutionary history of photosynthesis in Bradyrhizobium

Avontuur JR, Wilken PM, Palmer M, Coetzee MPA et al.

Microbial Genomics

Bradyrhizobium comprises a diverse group of bacteria with various lifestyles. Although best known for their nodule-based...

Oct 2023

Projecting the effect of climate change on planting date and cultivar choice for South African dryland maize production

Robert Mangani, Kpoti M. Gunn, Nicky Creux

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Dec 2022

Haplogenome assembly reveals structural variation in Eucalyptus interspecific hybrids

Anneri Lötter, Tuan A Duong, Julia Candotti, Eshschar Mizrachi et al.

GigaScience

Abstract Background De novo phased (haplo)genome assembly using long-read DNA sequencing data has improved the detection and...

Sep 2023

Bradyrhizobium xenonodulans sp. nov. isolated from nodules of Australian Acacia species invasive to South Africa

Claassens R, Venter SN, Beukes CW, Stępkowski T et al.

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

A genealogical concordance approach was used to delineate strains isolated from Acacia dealbata and Acacia mearnsii root nodules...

Jun 2023

Evidence of Biparental Mitochondrial Inheritance from Self-Fertile Crosses between Closely Related Species of Ceratocystis

van der Walt D, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield BD, Wilken PM

Journal of Fungi

Hybridization is recognized as a notable driver of evolution and adaptation, which closely related species may exploit in the...