Publications

2014

Host use patterns by the European Woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, in its native and invaded range

Ayres MP, Pena R, Lombardo JA, Lombardero MJ

PLoS ONE

Feb 2014

Detecting Sirex noctilio grey-attacked and lightning-struck pine trees using airborne hyperspectral data, random forest and support vector machines classifiers

Abdel-Rahman EM, Mutanga O, Adam E, Ismail R

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Jan 2014

Lineages in Nectriaceae: re-evaluating the generic status of Ilyonectria and allied genera

Lombard L, Van der Merwe NA, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Genera with cylindrocarpon-like asexual morphs are important pathogens of various herbaceous and
\nwoody plant hosts...

Jan 2014

Involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling in pearl millet-downy mildew interaction

Melvin P, Prabhu SA, Anup CP, Shailasree S et al.

Plant Science

Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade-mediated signalling is essential in the establishment of resistance towards...

Jun 2014

Experimental and bioinformatic characterisation of a recombinant polygalacturonase-inhibitor protein from pearl millet and its interaction with fungal polygalacturonases

Prabhu SA, Singh R, Kolkenbrock S, Neerakkal S et al.

Journal of Experimental Botany

Polygalacturonases (PGs) are hydrolytic enzymes employed by several phytopathogens to weaken the plant cell wall by degrading...

2014

Visual cues and host-plant preference of the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Schröder ML, Glinwood R, Ignell R, Krüger K

African Entomology

2014

Preference of aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) for lucerne, maize, soybean and wheat and their potential as prospective border crops for Potato virus Y management in seed potatoes

Schröder ML, Krüger K

African Entomology

Sep 2014

Genome-wide characterization and expression profiling of the AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR (ARF) gene family in Eucalyptus grandis

Yu H, Soler M, Mila I, Clemente HS et al.

PLoS ONE

Auxin is a central hormone involved in a wide range of developmental processes including the specification of vascular stem...

Oct 2014

Increased Resistance to Biotrophic Pathogens in the Arabidopsis Constitutive Induced Resistance 1 Mutant Is EDS1 and PAD4-Dependent and Modulated by Environmental Temperature

Carstens M, McCrindle TK, Adams N, Diener A et al.

PLoS ONE

The Arabidopsis constitutive induced resistance 1 (cir1) mutant displays salicylic acid (SA)-dependent constitutive expression of...