Publications

Dec 2018

Diplodia sapinea found on Scots pine in Finland.

Muller MM, Hantula J, Wingfield MJ, Drenkhan R

Forest Pathology

AbstractDiplodia sapinea is an important pathogen of Pinus spp. in many parts of the world's temperate and sub‐tropical zones. In...

Sep 2019

Draft genome sequences of Fusarium xylarioides, Teratosphaeria gauchensis and T. zuluensis and genome annotation for Ceratocystis fimbriata

Wingfield BD, Fourie A, Simpson MC, Bushula-Njah VS et al.

IMA Fungus

Abstract Draft genomes of the fungal species Fusarium xylarioides, Teratosphaeria gauchensis and T. zuluensis are presented. In...

Nov 2019

Species of Cryphonectriaceae occupy an endophytic niche in the Melastomataceae and are putative latent pathogens of Eucalyptus

Granados GM, McTaggart AR, Rodas CA, Roux J et al.

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Species of Cryphonectriaceae can occur as asymptomatic fungal endophytes in Melastomataceae trees and shrubs. One hypothesis...

Nov 2019

Eucalyptus camaldulensis in South Africa - past, present, future

Hirsch H, Allsopp MH, Canavan S, Cheek M et al.

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Jun 2019

Systems and Synthetic Biology of Forest Trees: A Bioengineering Paradigm for Woody Biomass Feedstocks

Myburg AA, Hussey SG, Wang JP, Street NR et al.

Frontiers in Plant Biology

Fast-growing forest plantations are sustainable feedstocks of plant biomass that can serve as alternatives to fossil carbon...

Dec 2019

Transcriptomic analysis of a Sorghum bicolour landrace identifies a role for beta-alanine betaine biosynthesis in drought tolerance.

Devnarain N, Crampton BG, Olivier N, van der Westhuizen C et al.

South African Journal of Botany

Feb 2020

Steinernema bertusi n. sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from South Africa

Katumanyane A, Malan AP, Tiedt LR, Hurley BP

Nematology

Summary Two isolates of Steinernema bertusi n. sp. were separately recovered from Tito, Mpumalanga, and Port Edward, Kwa Zulu...

Sep 2019

Susceptibility of Eucalyptus grandis and Acacia mearnsii seedlings to five Phytophthora species common in South African plantations

Bose T, Roux J, Burgess TI, Shaw C et al.

Forest Pathology

AbstractEucalyptus grandis and its hybrids, as well as Acacia mearnsii, are important non‐native trees commonly propagated for...

Sep 2019

Analysis of orthologous SECONDARY WALL-ASSOCIATED NAC DOMAIN1 (SND1) promotor activity in herbaceous and woody angiosperms

Tonfack LB, Hussey SG, Veale A, Myburg AA et al.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

SECONDARY WALL-ASSOCIATED NAC DOMAIN1 (SND1) is a master regulator of fibre secondary wall deposition in Arabidopsis thaliana...