Publications
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Mar 2022
Genetic diversity and population structure analysis reveals the unique genetic composition of South African selected macadamia accessions
Ranketse M, Hefer CA, Pierneef R, Fourie G et al.
Tree Genetics and Genomes
Mar 2022
Eucalyptus grandis AUX/INDOLE‑3‑ACETIC ACID 13 (EgrIAA13) is a novel transcriptional regulator of xylogenesis
Karannagoda N, Spokevicius A, Hussey SG, Cassan-Wang H et al.
Plant Molecular Biology
Abstract Key message Our Induced Somatic Sector Analysis and protein–protein interaction experiments demonstrate that Eucalyptus...
Feb 2022
A nonnative Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) population in the Republic of South Africa is resistant to herbicides with different sites of action
Reinhardt CF, Vorster BJ, Kupper A, Peter F et al.
Weed Sience
AbstractPalmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeriS. Watson) is not native to Africa. Based on the presence and persistence ofA....
Mar 2022
Partially Resistant Avocado Rootstock Dusa® Shows Prolonged Upregulation of Nucleotide Binding-Leucine Rich Repeat Genes in Response to Phytophthora cinnamomi Infection
Fick A, Swart V, Backer R, Bombarely A et al.
Frontiers in Plant Science
Avocado is an important agricultural food crop in many countries worldwide. Phytophthora cinnamomi, a hemibiotrophic oomycete,...
Jan 2022
Phenolic degradation by catechol dioxygenases is associated with pathogenic fungi with a necrotrophic lifestyle in the Ceratocystidaceae. G3
Soal, Nicole C, Coetzee, Martin P A, van der Nest, Magriet A, Hammerbacher, Almuth et al.
Fungal species of the Ceratocystidaceae grow on their host plants using a variety of different lifestyles, from saprophytic to...
Mar 2022
Worldwide diversity of endophytic fungi and insects associated with dormant tree twigs
Franić I, Prospero S, Adamson K, Paap T et al.
Scientific Data
AbstractInternational trade in plants and climate change are two of the main factors causing damaging tree pests (i.e. fungi and...
Mar 2022
Diversity of Lepidoptera associated with macadamia nut damage in South Africa and development of molecular tools to monitor pest populations
Smith AK, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Fourie G
Agricultural and Forest Entomology
Abstract Lepidopteran pests are of major economic importance to macadamia growers worldwide. In South Africa, four species have...
Jan 2022
Calonectria species, including four novel taxa, associated with Eucalyptus in Malaysia
Pham NQ, Marincowitz S, Chen SF, Yaparudin J et al.
Mycological Progress