Publications

Nov 2014

Biology and host preference of Selitrichodes neseri: A potential biological control agent of the Eucalyptus gall wasp, Leptocybe invasa

Dittrich-Schroder G, Harney M, Neser S, Joffe T et al.

Biological Control

Selitrichodes neseri (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is a parasitoid of the invasive gall-forming wasp Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera:...

Jan 2014

Expression of the pathogenesis related proteins, NH-1, PAL, and lipoxygenase in the iranian Tarom and Khazar rice cultivars, in reaction to Rhizoctonia solani– the causal agent of rice sheath blight

Sayari M, Babaeizad V, Tajick Ghanbari MA, Rahimian H

Journal of Plant Protection Research

Abstract Pathogenesis related (PR) genes of rice are among the most important defense genes in the interaction of rice with...

2014

First report of fruit spot of pomegranate caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in Iran

Rahimlou S, Babaeizad V, Sayari M

Journal of Plant Pathology

Jan 2014

List of new names of plant pathogenic bacteria (2011-2012)

Bull CT, Coutinho TA, Denny TP, Firrao G et al.

Journal of Plant Pathology

The International Society of Plant Pathology Committee on the Taxonomy of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria has responsibility to...

Jul 2014

The ABCs of an NRF rating

Wingfield BD

South African Journal of Science

Jul 2014

Association of the pitch canker pathogen Fusarium circinatum with grass hosts in commercial pine production areas of South Africa

Swett CL, Porter B, Fourie G, Steenkamp ET et al.

Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science

Dec 2013

Genetic variation in Eucalyptus camaldulensis and E. tereticornis for early growth and susceptibility to the gall wasp Leptocybe invasa in China

Luo JZ, Arnold RJ, Lu WH, Lin Y

Euphytica

The gall wasp Leptocybe invasa is a major insect pest on plantation Eucalyptus in many countries. Since appearing in China in...

Jul 2014

Reconsidering species boundaries in the Ceratocystis paradoxa complex, including a new species from oil palm and cacao in Cameroon

Mbenoun M, de Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD et al.

Mycologia

The Ceratocystis paradoxa complex accommodates a group of fungal pathogens that have become specialized to infect mostly...

Jun 2014

Finding needles in haystacks: linking scientific names, reference specimens and molecular data for Fungi

Schoch CL, Robbertse B, Robert V, Duong V et al.

Database

DNA phylogenetic comparisons have shown that morphology-based species recognition often underestimates fungal diversity....