Thursday Morning Seminar

Chair: Kira Lynn Ruth Nante : Comparative genomics of the nuclear genome composition of the forest fungal pathogens Dothistroma septosporum , D. pini and Dothistroma strains from Guatemala. Carlynn Jacobs : Metabolic profiling and quantification of secondary metabolites produced by species in the Fusarium fujikuroi s pecies complex associated with South African maize. Phrasia Mapfumo : First report of Bidens mottle virus on sunflowers in South Africa and its impact on yield. Question Panel: Rosa Knopperson , Callin Ceriani , Mary Ranketse