Publications
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Aug 2021
Flower orientation influences floral temperature, pollinator visits and plant fitness
Creux NM, Brown EA, Garner AG, Saeed S et al.
New Phytologist
Summary Effective insect pollination requires appropriate responses to internal and external environmental cues in both the plant...
Aug 2021
Increased abundance of secreted hydrolytic enzymes and secondary metabolite gene clusters define the genomes of latent plant pathogens in the Botryosphaeriaceae
Nagel JH, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B
BMC Genomics
Abstract Background The Botryosphaeriaceae are important plant pathogens, but also have the ability to establish asymptomatic...
Jul 2021
Spatial genetic structure of the insect-vectored conifer pathogen Leptographium wageneri suggest long distance gene flow among Douglas-fir plantations in western Oregon
Bennett PI, Tabima JF, Leon AL, Browning J et al.
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Many fungi in the Ophiostomatales are vectored by bark beetles that introduce these fungi directly into their tree hosts. Most of...
Aug 2021
Evidence for UV-green dichromacy in the basal hymenopteran Sirex noctilio (Siricidae)
Guignard Q, Spaethe J, Slippers B, Strube-Bloss M et al.
Scientific Reports
Abstract A precondition for colour vision is the presence of at least two spectral types of photoreceptors in the eye. The order...
Mar 2021
The history and distribution of nodulating Paraburkholderia, a potential inoculum for Fynbos forage species
Beukes CW, Venter SN, Steenkamp ET
Grass and Forage Science
AbstractLegumes in the Fynbos vegetation of the Western Cape of South Africa have emerged as candidates for domestication,...
Jul 2021
“Core” RxLR effectors in phytopathogenic oomycetes: A promising way to breeding for durable resistance in plants?
Jane Chepsergon, Thabiso E. Motaung, Lucy Novungayo Moleleki
Virulence
Phytopathogenic oomycetes are known to successfully infect their hosts due to their ability to secrete effector proteins. Of...
Jul 2021
Genomic characterization of two novel viruses infecting Barleria cristata L. from the genera Orthotospovirus and Polerovirus
Read DA, Roberts R, Thompson GD
Archives of Virology
Barleria cristata L. has become naturalized in South Africa, where it is commonly used as an ornamental. In 2019, plants of B....
Jul 2021
Novel viruses associated with plants of the family Amaryllidaceae in South Africa
Read DA, Roberts R, Swanevelder D, Pietersen G et al.
Archives of Virology
Nineteen samples from members of the plant genera Agapanthus, Clivia, Hippeastrum, and Scadoxus were collected from gardens in...
Jul 2021
Population structure and genetic diversity suggest recent introductions of Dothistroma pini in Slovakia
Adamčíková K, Jánošíková Z, van der Nest A, Adamčík S et al.
Plant Pathology
Abstract Dothistroma pini is one of two pathogens causing Dothistroma needle blight (DNB), a foliar disease of pines. The species...