Publications
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Aug 2019
Taxonomy and species diversity of Ganoderma species in the Garden Route National Park of South Africa inferred from morphology and multilocus phylogenies
Tchotet Tchoumi JM, Coetzee MPA, Rajchenberg M, Roux J
Mycologia
<i>Ganoderma</i> is a cosmopolitan genus that encompasses species with cultural, economic, and pathogenic importance. Despite the...
Aug 2019
Sampling and detection strategies for the Pine Pitch Canker (PPC) disease pathogen Fusarium circinatum in Europe
Vainio EJ, Bezos D, Braganca H, Cleary M et al.
Forests
Fusarium circinatum Nirenberg & O’Donnel is listed among the species recommended for regulation as quarantine pests in...
Aug 2019
The RIPper, a web-based tool for genome-wide quantification of Repeat-Induced Point (RIP) mutations
van Wyk S, Harrison CH, Wingfield BD, De Vos L et al.
PeerJ
BackgroundThe RIPper (http://theripper.hawk.rocks) is a set of web-based tools designed for analyses of Repeat-Induced Point...
Jul 2019
First Report of Rhizoctonia solani AG 2-2IIIB Causing Elephant Hide on Potato Tubers in South Africa
Gush, S, Muzhinji, M, Truter, M, Van der Waals, J. E.
Plant Disease
Rhizoctonia solani is a common pathogen that affects the yield and quality of potato (Solanum tuberosum) tubers. R. solani...
Jul 2019
First Report of Rhizoctonia solani AG 2-2IIIB Causing Elephant Hide on Potato Tubers in South Africa
Plant Disease
Rhizoctonia solani is a common pathogen that affects the yield and quality of potato (Solanum tuberosum) tubers. R. solani...
Nov 2019
Screening for Sclerotinia sclerotiorum resistance using detached leaf assays and simple sequence repeat markers in soybean cultivars
Mbedzi PP, Van den Hooven L, Vorster BJ , Van der Waals J
Crop Protection
May 2019
Improvement of rhizobium‐soybean symbiosis and nitrogen fixation under drought
Kibido T, Kunert K, Makgopa M, Greve M et al.
Food and Energy Security
AbstractThe symbiotic interaction between soybean plants and rhizobacteria can be severely affected by drought, which results in...
Feb 2020
Calonectria pentaseptata causes severe leaf disease on cultivated Eucalyptus in Leizhou Peninsula of southern China
Wang QC, Chen SF
Plant Disease
Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae, Myrtales) trees are widely cultivated for commercial purposes worldwide. Calonectria leaf blight is one of...