Publications

May 2014

The rusts on Goodeniaceae and Stylidiaceae

McTaggart AR, Geering ADW, Shivas RG

Mycological Progress

2014

Characterization of a stearoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturase gene from potential biofuel plant, Pongamia pinnata. L

Ramesh AM, Kesari V, Rangan L

Gene

Sep 2014

Uncovering the defence responses of Eucalyptus to pests and pathogens in the genomics age

Naidoo S, Külheim C, Zwart L, Mangwanda R et al.

Tree Physiology

Long-lived tree species are subject to attack by various pests and pathogens during their lifetime. This problem is exacerbated...

Feb 2015

The distribution of genetic diversity in the Neofusicoccum parvum/N. ribis complex suggests structure correlated with level of disturbance

Pavlic-Zupanc D, Wingfield MJ, Boissin E, Slippers B

Fungal Ecology

Sep 2014

Ophiostomatoid fungi including two new fungal species associated with pine root-feeding beetles in northern Spain

Romón, Pedro, De Beer, Z. Wilhelm, Fernández, Mercedes, Diez, Julio et al.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Many bark beetles live in a symbiosis with ophiostomatoid fungi but very little is known regarding these fungi in Spain. In this...

Dec 2014

Confronting the constraints of morphological taxonomy in the Botryosphaeriales

Slippers B, Roux J, Wingfield MJ, Van der Walt FJJ et al.

Persoonia

Identification of fungi and the International Code of Nomenclature underpinning this process, rests strongly on the...

Sep 2014

Complementary symbiont contributions to plant decomposition in a fungus-farming termite

Poulsen, Michael, Hu, Haofu, Li, Cai, Chen, Zhensheng et al.

PNAS

Termites normally rely on gut symbionts to decompose organic matter but the Macrotermitinae domesticated Termitomyces fungi to...

Aug 2014

Panmixia defines the genetic diversity of a unique arthropod-dispersed fungus specific to Protea flowers

Aylward J, Dreyer LL, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield MJ et al.

Ecology and Evolution

AbstractKnoxdaviesia proteae, a fungus specific to the floral structures of the iconic Cape Floral Kingdom plant, Protea repens,...

Nov 2014

Nodules from Fynbos legume Virgilia divaricata have high functional plasticity under variable P supply levels

Vardien W, Mesjasz-Przybylowicz J, Przybylowicz WJ, Wang Y et al.

Journal of Plant Physiology

Legumes have the unique ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen (N2) via symbiotic bacteria in their nodules but depend heavily on...