Berger, David Kenneth; Mokgobu, Tumisang; De Ridder, Katrien; Christie, Nanette; Aveling, T.A.S. (Terry)(AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-11-26)
Maize underpins food security in South Africa. An annual production of more than 10 million tons is a
combination of the output of large-scale commercial farms plus an estimated 250 000 ha cultivated by
smallholder ...
Many pests and pathogens threaten Eucalyptus plantations. The study of defense
responses in this economically important wood and fiber crop enables the discovery
of novel pathways and genes, which may be adopted to improve ...
Wierzbicki, Martin Piotr; Christie, Nanette; Pinard, Desre; Mansfield, Shawn D.; Mizrachi, Eshchar; Myburg, Alexander Andrew(Wiley, 2019-09)
Acetyl‐ and methylglucuronic acid decorations of xylan, the dominant hemicellulose in secondary cell walls (SCWs) of woody dicots, affect its interaction with cellulose and lignin to determine SCW structure and extractability. ...
