Thursday Morning Seminar

Chair: Melissa Joubert Marizanne Jones : Diversity and virulence of entomopathogens of invasive insect pests in South African Eucalyptus plantations. Vera Röder : Analysing transcriptional response of style & anther filaments to environmental stress in Helianthus annuus . Alice Mthembu : Survey of fungal and oomycete diversity from maize fields soils in the Eastern Cape. Tiphany Nkomo : Deciphering the mycorrhizal diversity and biochemical interactions associated with the orchid Epidendrum ibaguense. Question panel: Bernard Smit, Innocent Rakubu, Valencia Mogashoa and Shae Swanepoel