Publications

Sep 2021

A core of rhizosphere bacterial taxa associates with two of the world's most isolated plant congeners

le Roux JJ, Crous PW, Kamutando CN, Richardson DM et al.

Plant Soil

2021

Botryosphaeriaceae on Syzygium cordatum across a latitudinal gradient in South Africa

Vivas M, Mehl JWM, Wingfield MJ, Roux J et al.

Fungal Biology

Jul 2021

Distribution of Gonipterus species and their egg parasitoids in Australia: Implications for biological control

Schröder ML, Nahrung HF, de Souza NM, Lawson SA et al.

Forests

Gonipterus species are pests of Eucalyptus plantations worldwide. The egg parasitoid wasp Anaphes nitens is used in many...

Mar 2021

Foliar fungi of the enigmatic desert plant Welwitschia mirabilis show little adaptation to their unique host plant

Kemler M, Wingfield MJ, Cowan DA, Slippers B

South African Journal of Science

Foliar fungi, especially endophytic fungi, constitute an important part of the microbiome of plants. Yet little is known about...

Feb 2021

A new species in the Mycosphaerellaceae from Cecidomyiidae leaf gall in Avicenna marina in South Africa

Osorio JA, Linnakoski L, Wingfield MJ, de Beer ZW et al.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

During studies to investigate the health of mangrove trees in South Africa, high numbers of Avicennia marina were found with leaf...

Nov 2021

Loss and gain of gut bacterial phylotype symbionts in Afrotropical stingless bee species (Apidae: Meliponinae)

Tola YH, Waweru JW, Ndungu NN, Nkoba K et al.

Microorganisms

Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are the most diverse group of corbiculate bees and are important managed and wild pollinators...

Dec 2021

Fungal Planet description sheets: 1284-1382

Crous PW, Osieck ER, Jurjević Z, Boers J et al.

Persoonia

Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Antartica, Cladosporium...

Jun 2021

Population genomics reveals historical and ongoing recombination in the Fusarium oxysporum species complex

McTaggart AR, James TY, Shivas RG, Drenth A et al.

Studies in Mycology

The Fusarium oxysporum species complex (FOSC) is a group of closely related plant pathogens long-considered strictly clonal, as...

Jul 2021

Tracing the distribution of natural enemies of non-native invasive eucalypt insect pests in sub- Saharan Africa

Wondafrash M, Slippers B, Asfaw BA, Makowe IA et al.

Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science