Publications
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Jun 2022
Genetic diversity of the two-spotted stink bug Bathycoelia distincta (Pentatomidae) associated with macadamia orchards in South Africa
Pal E, Allison JD, Hurley BP, Slippers B et al.
PLoS ONE
The South African macadamia industry is severely affected by a complex of stink bugs, dominated by the two-spotted stink bug,...
Jun 2022
Four new species of Harringtonia: unravelling the laurel wilt fungal genus
Araújo JPM, Li U, Duong TA, Smith ME et al.
Journal of Fungi
Symbiosis between beetles and fungi arose multiple times during the evolution of both organisms. Some of the most biologically...
Jun 2022
First report of grapevine polerovirus 1 in South Africa
Otlotleng Moloto, Gerhard Pietersen, Dirk Swanevelder, Genevieve Thompson et al.
Australasian Plant Disease Notes
May 2022
Unraveling plant cell death during Phytophthora Infection
Midgley KA, van den Berg N, Swart V
Microorganisms
Oomycetes form a distinct phylogenetic lineage of fungus-like eukaryotic microorganisms, of which several hundred organisms are...
Jun 2022
The ups and downs of plant NLR expression during pathogen infection
Fick A, Swart V, Van den Berg N
Frontiers in Plant Science
Plant Nucleotide binding-Leucine rich repeat (NLR) proteins play a significant role in pathogen detection and the activation of...
May 2022
An assessment of the potential economic impacts of the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in South Africa
de Wit MP, Crookes DJ, Blignaut JN, de Beer ZW et al.
Journal of Economic Entomology
AbstractStudies addressing the economic impacts of invasive alien species are biased towards ex-post assessments of the costs and...
May 2022
Pathogens of the Araucariaceae: How much do we know?
Balocchi F, Wingfield MJ, Paap T, Ahumada R et al.
Current Forestry Reports
May 2022
The Identification and Characterization of Endopolygalacturonases in a South African Isolate of Phytophthora cinnamomi
Miyambo TM, Backer R, Engelbrecht J, Joubert F et al.
Microorganisms
Phytophthora cinnamomi is an economically important plant pathogen that has caused devastating losses to the avocado industry...
Dec 2022
Comparison of hyphal fragments and spores to evaluate the pathogenicity of the Eucalyptus leaf and shoot pathogen Calonectria pseudoreteaudii
Wang QC, Liu FF, Liu QL, Wu WX et al.
Plant Disease
The genus Calonectria includes many aggressive plant-pathogenic species with a worldwide distribution. Calonectria leaf blight is...