Publications

Oct 2023

Projecting the effect of climate change on planting date and cultivar choice for South African dryland maize production

Robert Mangani, Kpoti M. Gunn, Nicky Creux

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Dec 2022

Haplogenome assembly reveals structural variation in Eucalyptus interspecific hybrids

Anneri Lötter, Tuan A Duong, Julia Candotti, Eshschar Mizrachi et al.

GigaScience

Abstract Background De novo phased (haplo)genome assembly using long-read DNA sequencing data has improved the detection and...

Sep 2023

Bradyrhizobium xenonodulans sp. nov. isolated from nodules of Australian Acacia species invasive to South Africa

Claassens R, Venter SN, Beukes CW, Stępkowski T et al.

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

A genealogical concordance approach was used to delineate strains isolated from Acacia dealbata and Acacia mearnsii root nodules...

Jun 2023

Evidence of Biparental Mitochondrial Inheritance from Self-Fertile Crosses between Closely Related Species of Ceratocystis

van der Walt D, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield BD, Wilken PM

Journal of Fungi

Hybridization is recognized as a notable driver of evolution and adaptation, which closely related species may exploit in the...

Mar 2023

An in Silico Approach to Identifying TF Binding Sites: Analysis of the Regulatory Regions of BUSCO Genes from Fungal Species in the Ceratocystidaceae Family

Maseko NN, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield BD, Wilken PM

Genes

Transcriptional regulation controls gene expression through regulatory promoter regions that contain conserved sequence motifs....

Jun 2023

The In Planta Gene Expression of Austropuccinia psidii in Resistant and Susceptible Eucalyptus grandis

Swanepoel S, Visser EA, Shuey SS, Naidoo S

Phytopathology

Austropuccinia psidii, commonly known as myrtle rust, is an obligate, biotrophic rust pathogen that causes rust disease in a...

Jun 2023

The In Planta Gene Expression of Austropuccinia psidii in Resistant and Susceptible Eucalyptus grandis

Swanepoel, S, Visser, EA, Shuey, LS, Naidoo, S

PHYTOPATHOLOGY

Austropuccinia psidii, commonly known as myrtle rust, is an obligate, biotrophic rust pathogen that causes rust disease in a...

Aug 2023

Susceptibility of Eucalyptus trees to defoliation by the Eucalyptus snout beetle, Gonipterus sp. n. 2, is enhanced by high foliar contents of 1,8-cineole, oxalic acid and sucrose and low contents of palmitic and shikimic acid

Johannes Joubert, Benice Sivparsad, Michelle Schroder, Ilaria Germishuizen et al.

Plant, Cell & Environment

AbstractGonipterus sp. n. 2 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) is an invasive, commercially important weevil that causes large‐scale...

Aug 2023

New Resinogalea species from Araucaria araucana resin in Chile and reclassification of the genus in the Cryptocaliciomycetidae

Balocchi F, Barnes I, Wingfield MJ, Ahumada R et al.

IMA Fungus

AbstractAraucaria araucana is an ancient conifer, native to the mountain ranges in Chile and Argentina. These trees host a large...