Thursday Morning Seminar

Chair: Taygen Fuchs Matthew Bennett : Identification, pathogenicity and improved diagnostics of Fusarium species causing disease on soybean in South Africa. Nomfundo Shinga : Investigating the effects of plant growth regulators on S. sclerotiorum growth in vitro and on detached sunflower heads. Ofenste Mmako : Genetic diversity of Cucurbita pepo associated viruses with special focus on MWMV. Allen Arineitwe : Functional characterization of Phytophthora parasitica var nicotianae effector PpRxLR4 . Question panel: Thabo Moabi , and Nhlonipho Ngubane