Publications

Oct 2020

Interactions between hymenopteran species associated with gall-forming wasps: the Leptocybe invasa community as a case study

Gevers CR, Dittrich-Schroder D, Slippers B, Hurley BP

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Abstract Leptocybe invasa is native to Australia and induces galls on various species of Eucalyptus . Two genetically distinct...

Sep 2020

Draft genome sequences of Ambrosiella cleistominuta, Cercospora brassicicola, C. citrullina, Physcia stellaris and Teratosphaeria pseudoeucalypti.

Wilken PM, Aylward J, Chand R, Grewe F et al.

IMA Fungus

ABSTRACTDraft genomes of the fungal speciesAmbrosiella cleistominuta,Cercospora brassicicola, C. citrullina, Physcia...

Oct 2020

Influence of reproductive biology on establishment capacity in introduced Hymenoptera species

Queffelec J, Allison JD, Greeff JM, Slippers B

Biological Invasions

Introduced species face numerous biological barriers before they can establish in a new environment. Understanding how they...

Sep 2020

Reconsideration of species boundaries and proposed DNA barcodes for Calonectria

Liu QL, Li JQ, Wingfield MJ, Duong TA et al.

Studies in Mycology

<i>Calonectria</i> represents a genus of phytopathogenic ascomycetous fungi with a worldwide distribution. In recent years, there...

Sep 2020

Transcriptome Profiling of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Responses to Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) Infestation during A Compatible Interaction

Teresia N. Macharia, Daniel Bellieny-Rabelo, Lucy N. Moleleki

Microorganism

Root-knot nematode (RKN) Meloidogyne javanica presents a great challenge to Solanaceae crops, including potato. In this study, we...

Oct 2020

Nocardia macrotermitis sp. nov. and Nocardia aurantia sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes natalensis

Benndorf R, Schwitalla JW, Martin K, De Beer ZW et al.

IJSEM

The taxonomic positions of two novel aerobic, Gram-stain-positive Actinobacteria, designated RB20T and RB56T, were determined...

Nov 2020

Streptomyces smaragdinus sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the fungus growing-termite Macrotermes natalensis

Schwitalla JW, Benndorf R, Martin K, Vollmers J et al.

IJSEM

The taxonomic position of a novel aerobic, Gram-positive actinobacteria, designated strain RB5T, was determined using a...

Sep 2020

Host specificity tests reveals new host of a global biological control agent Psyllaephagus bliteus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

Bush SJ, Slippers B, Dittrich-Schröder G, Hurley BP

African Entomology

Sep 2020

Caliciopsis moriondi, a new species for a fungus long confused with the pine pathogen C. pinea

Migliorini D, Luchi N, Pepori AL, Pecori F et al.

MycoKeys

The genus Caliciopsis (Eurotiomycetes, Coryneliales) includes saprobic and plant pathogenic species. Caliciopsis canker is caused...