Publications

Jan 2013

Inferring controls on the epidemiology of beech bark disease from spatial patterning of disease organisms

Garnas JR, Houston DR, Twery MJ, Ayres, MP et al.

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Spatial pattern in the distribution and abundance of organisms is an emergent property of collective rates of reproduction,...

Dec 2013

Ion Torrent PGM as tool for fungal community analysis: A case study of endophytes in Eucalyptus grandis reveals high taxonomic diversity

Kemler M, Garnas JR, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M et al.

PLoS ONE

The Kingdom Fungi adds substantially to the diversity of life, but due to their cryptic morphology and lifestyle, tremendous...

2013

Chitosan application improves resistance to Fusarium circinatum in Pinus patula

Fitza K, Payn KG, Steenkamp ET, Myburg AA et al.

South African Journal of Botany

Jun 2013

The Myrtle rust pathogen, Puccinia psidii, discovered in Africa

Roux J, Greyling I, Coutinho TA, Verleur M et al.

IMA Fungus

Puccinia psidii, the cause of a disease today commonly referred to as Myrtle rust, is considered a high priority quarantine...

Sep 2013

The Botryosphaeriaceae: genera and species known from culture

Phillips AJL, Alves A, Abdollahzadeh J, Slippers B et al.

Studies in Mycology

In this paper we give an account of the genera and species in the Botryosphaeriaceae. We consider morphological characters alone...

Sep 2013

Phylogenetic lineages in the Botryosphaeriales: a systematic and evolutionary framework

Slippers B, Boissin E, Phillips AJL, Groenewald E et al.

Studies in Mycology

The order Botryosphaeriales represents several ecologically diverse fungal families that are commonly isolated as endophytes or...

Dec 2013

Draft nuclear genome sequence for the plant pathogen, Ceratocystis fimbriata

Wilken PM, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield MJ, De Beer ZW et al.

IMA Fungus

The draft nuclear genome of Ceratocystis fimbriata, the type species of Ceratocystis, is comprised of 29 410 862 bp. De novo gene...

Apr 2013

Botryosphaeriaceae diversity greater in healthy than associated diseased Acacia karroo tree tissue

Jami F, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M

Australasian Plant Pathology

2013

The Occurrence and Impact of Phytophthora on the African Continent

Nagel JH, Gryzenhout M, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ

Phytophthora: A Global Perspective

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