Publications

2014

The Myrtle Rust pathogen has arrived and South African Myrtales are at risk

Roux J, Pegg GS

Veld & Flora

Nov 2014

Cysteine protease and cystatin expression and activity during soybean nodule development and senescence

van Wyk SG, Du Plessis M, Cullis CA, Kunert KJ et al.

BMC Plant Biology

<h4>Background</h4>Nodules play an important role in fixing atmospheric nitrogen for soybean growth. Premature senescence of...

May 2013

Proteolysis of recombinant proteins in bioengineered plant cells

Pillay P, Schlüter U, van Wyk S, Kunert KJ et al.

Bioengineered

Plants are increasingly used as alternative expression hosts for the production of recombinant proteins offering many advantages...

Oct 2014

Uredinopsis pteridis and Desmella aneimiae, the first rust fungi (Pucciniales) reported on ferns (Pteridophyta) in Australia

McTaggart AR, Geering ADW, Shivas RG

Australasian Plant Disease Notes

Dec 2014

Draft genomes of Amanita jacksonii, Ceratocystis albifundus, Fusarium circinatum, Huntiella omanensis, Leptographium procerum, Rutstroemia sydowiana, and Sclerotinia echinophila

Van der Nest, M.A., Beirn, L.A., Crouch, Jo Anne, Demers, J.E. et al.

IMA Fungus

The genomes of fungi provide an important resource to resolve issues pertaining to their taxonomy, biology, and evolution. The...

Dec 2014

Protein domain evolution is associated with reproductive diversification and adaptive radiation in the genus Eucalyptus

Kersting AR, Mizrachi E, Bornberg-Bauer E, Myburg AA

New Phytologist

Summary Eucalyptus is a pivotal genus within the rosid order Myrtales with distinct geographic history and adaptations....

Dec 2014

Fungal Planet description sheets: 281–319

Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Schumacher RK, Summerell BA et al.

Persoonia

Novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from South Africa: Alanphillipsia aloeicola from Aloe...

Dec 2014

Genome-wide macrosynteny among Fusarium species in the Gibberella fujikuroi complex revealed by amplified fragment length polymorphisms

De Vos L, Steenkamp ET, Martin SH, Santana QC et al.

PLoS ONE

The Gibberella fujikuroi complex includes many Fusarium species that cause significant losses in yield and quality of...

Dec 2014

Mechanisms of competitive displacement of native ant fauna by invading Myrmica rubra (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) populations

Garnas, J., Groden, E., Drummond, F. A.

Environmental Entomology

Exotic ants have become invasive in many regions around the world, with variable ecological impacts. Postinvasion, native ant...