Publications

Feb 2025

Host specificity and host stage preference of Psyllaephagus species (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) towards invasive eucalypt psyllids (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae)

Makunde PT, Slippers B, Bush S, Hurley BP

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Abstract Invasive eucalypt psyllids pose a threat to the long‐term production of eucalypts worldwide. In order to reduce their...

Feb 2025

Pathogenicity of Pythium myriotylum on Acacia crassicarpa and Acacia mangium × Acacia auriculiformis clones in Indonesia

Tarigan M, Wingfield MJ, Jami F, Oliveira LSS et al.

Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science

Mar 2025

Harnessing exogenous membrane vesicles for studying Fusarium circinatum and its biofilm communities

Motaung TE, Ratsoma FM, Kunene S, Santana QC et al.

Microbial Pathogenesis

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are tiny messengers that convey bioactive molecules from donor to recipient cells, leading to...

Feb 2025

Mesorhizobium salmacidum sp. nov. and Mesorhizobium argentiipisi sp. nov. are symbionts of the dry-land forage legumes Lessertia diffusa and Calobota sericea

Muema EK, van Lill M, Venter SN, Claassens R et al.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Abstract Legumes Lessertia diffusa and Calobota sericea, indigenous to South Africa, are commonly used as fodder crops with...

Mar 2025

CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing reveals that the Pgs gene of Fusarium circinatum is involved in pathogenicity, growth and sporulation.

van Dijk A, Wilson AM, Marx B, Hough B et al.

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pine pitch canker, is one of the most destructive pathogens of Pinus species worldwide....

Mar 2025

Understanding cargo sorting and interactive effects of membrane vesicles in fungal phytopathogens: Current knowledge and research gaps

Ratsoma MF, Santana QC, Wingfield BD, Steenkamp ET et al.

Fungal Biology Reviews

2025

The Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production and Food Security: A South African Perspective

Mangani R, Archer E, Engelbrecht C, Bellochi G et al.

Climate Change, Food Security, and Land Management

Feb 2025

Decoding Cryptococcus: From African biodiversity to worldwide prevalence

Coelho MA, David-Palma M, Aylward J, Pham NQ et al.

PLOS Pathogens

Feb 2025

First record of the white root rot fungus Dematophora necatrix on indigenous South African trees

Balocchi F, Wingfield MJ, Paap T

Journal of Plant Pathology

Abstract The soilborne fungus Dematophora (=Rosellinia) necatrix and causal agent of white root rot, has a wide host range that...