Publications
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Nov 2020
Harnessing the potential of Precision Pest Management in plantation forests
Slippers B, Hurley BP, Allison JD
Southern Forests
Nov 2020
Mass trapping of Coryphodema tristis (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) using a sex pheromone in Eucalyptus nitens compartments in Mpumalanga, South Africa
Noeth KP, Verleur PM, Bouwer MC, Crous JW et al.
Southern Forests
Nov 2020
Emerging potato pathogens affecting food security in southern Africa: Recent research
South African Journal of Science
Potato is a staple crop that contributes to food security and poverty alleviation in developing nations. Despite this, yields in...
Oct 2020
Isolation of endophytic bacteria from the leaves of Anredera cordifolia CIX1 for metabolites and their biological activities
Isolation of endophytic bacteria from the leaves of Anredera cordifolia CIX1 for metabolites and their biological activities
Abstract Background Endophytes, especially those that are found from ethnopharmacologically noteworthy medicinal plants have...
May 2020
Chloronicotinyl insecticide imidacloprid: Agricultural relevance, pitfalls and emerging opportunities
Motaung TE
Crop Protection
Jun 2020
Organize, Don’t Agonize: Strategic Success of Phytophthora Species
Chepsergon J, Motaung TE, Bellieny-Rabelo D, Moleleki LN
Microorganisms
Plants are constantly challenged by various environmental stressors ranging from abiotic—sunlight, elevated temperatures,...
Jan 2021
Paraburkholderia youngii sp. nov. and 'Paraburkholderia atlantica' - Brazilian and Mexican Mimosa-associated rhizobia that were previously known as Paraburkholderia tuberum sv. mimosae
Mavima L, Beukes CW, Palmer M, De Meyer SE et al.
Systematic and Applied Microbiology
Previous studies have recognized South and Central/Latin American mimosoid legumes in the genera Mimosa, Piptadenia and...
Nov 2020
Plant-associated fungal biofilms – knowns and unknowns
Motaung TE, Peremore C, Wingfield BD, Steenkamp ET
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
ABSTRACT Nearly all microbes, including fungi, grow firmly attached to surfaces as a biofilm. Yet, attention toward fungal...
2020
Progress towards characterisation of pheromones of Bathycoelia distincta
Pal E, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Fourie G
SAMAC Journal