Publications

Mar 2020

Identification of Pseudomonas isolates associated with bacterial canker of stone fruit trees in the Western Cape, South Africa

Khumbuzile Bophela,Yolanda Petersen, Carolee Theresa Bull, Teresa Ann Coutinho

Plant Disease

Bacterial canker is a common bacterial disease of stone fruit trees. The causal agents responsible for the disease include...

Nov 2019

Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Leptographium olivaceum complex (Ophiostomatales, Ascomycota), including descriptions of six new species from China and Europe

Yin M, Wingfield MJ, Zhou X, Linnakoski R et al.

MycoKeys

TheLeptographium olivaceacomplex encompasses species in the broadly defined genusLeptographium(Ophiostomatales, Ascomycota) that...

Dec 2019

Canker and Wood Rot Pathogens Present in Young Apple Trees and Propagation Material in the Western Cape of South Africa

Havenga M, Gatsi GM, Halleen F, Spies CFJ et al.

Plant Disease

Canker and wood rot pathogens cause dieback and, in severe cases, the death of young apple trees. Recently, a higher occurrence...

Dec 2019

Vegetative desiccation tolerance in the resurrection plant Xerophyta humilis has not evolved through reactivation of the seed canonical LAFL regulatory network

Lyall R, Schlebusch SA, Proctor J, Prag M et al.

The Plant Journal

SummaryIt has been hypothesised that vegetative desiccation tolerance in resurrection plants evolved via reactivation of the...

Nov 2019

Simulated leks increase the capture of female Sirex noctilio in the absence of host volatiles

Allison JD, Bernard Slippers, Marc Bouwer, Hurley BP

International Journal of Pest Management

2019

Glutamate dehydrogenase is essential in the acclimation of Virgilia divaricata, a legume indigenous to the nutrient-poor Mediterranean-type ecosystems of the Cape Fynbose

Magadlela A, Morcillo RFL, Kleinert A, Venter M et al.

Journal of Plant Physiology

Jul 2019

23 Years of research on Teratosphaeria leaf blight of Eucalyptus.

Andjic V, Carnegie AJ, Pegg GS, Hardy GEStJ et al.

Forest Ecology and Management

In Australia, during the course of the last two decades, plantation area of Eucalyptus has expanded dramatically. One of the most...

Aug 2019

Xanthomonas perforans: A tomato and pepper pathogen associated with bacterial blight and dieback of Eucalyptus pellita seedlings in Indonesia.

Bophela KN, Venter SN, Wingfield MJ, Duran A et al.

Australasian Plant Pathology

Sep 2019

Foliar pathogens of Eucalyptus.

Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Cheewangkoon R, Carnegie AJ et al.

Studies in Mycology

Species of eucalypts are commonly cultivated for solid wood and pulp products. The expansion of commercially managed eucalypt...