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  • Facial adiposity, attractiveness, and health : a review 
    De Jager, Stefan; Coetzee, Nicoleen; Coetzee, Vinet (BioMed Central, 2018-12-21)
    The relationship between facial cues and perceptions of health and attractiveness in others plays an influential role in our social interactions and mating behaviors. Several facial cues have historically been investigated ...
  • Facile route to targeted, biodegradable polymeric prodrugs for the delivery of combination therapy for malaria 
    Fortuin, Lisa; Leshabane, Meta Kgaogelo; Pfukwa, Rueben; Coertzen, Dina; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie; Klumperman, Bert (American Chemical Society, 2020-10)
    A facile synthetic methodology has been developed to prepare multifaceted polymeric prodrugs that are targeted, biodegradable, and nontoxic, and used for the delivery of combination therapy. This is the first instance of ...
  • Factors determining use of biological disease control measures by the avocado industry in South Africa 
    Van Eeden, Madel; Korsten, Lise (Elsevier, 2013-09)
    Farmers in the northern avocado cultivation areas of South Africa were interviewed concerning their experience and perceptions of biological control. Factors affecting their decision to use biological control programmes ...
  • Factors impacting on the microbiological quality and safety of processed hake 
    Shikongo-Nambabi, Martha Naita Namwaala Nangulohi; Chimwamurombe, P.M. (Percy Maruwa); Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas) (Academic Journals, 2010-12)
    Problems with the safety and shelf life of export hake have been raised by the Namibian fishing industry. This prompted an investigation into the factors that may have an impact on the microbiological quality and safety ...
  • A FAFLP system for the improved identification of plant-pathogenic and plant-associated species of the genus Pantoea 
    Brady, Carrie Louise; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Cleenwerck, Ilse; Vancanneyt, Marc; Swings, Jean; Coutinho, Teresa A. (Elsevier, 2007-07)
    The majority of Pantoea species are either plant-pathogenic or plant-associated and cause a wide variety of symptoms on a range of hosts. Identification of Pantoea species is difficult due to minor differences in phenotypic ...
  • Fate of Salmonella Typhimurium in laboratory-scale drinking water biofilms 
    Schaefer, L.M.; Brözel, Volker Siegfried; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas) (IWA Publishing, 2013-12)
    Investigations were carried out to evaluate and quantify colonization of laboratory-scale drinking water biofilms by a chromosomally green fluorescent protein (gfp)-tagged strain of Salmonella Typhimurium. Gfp encodes the ...
  • Fern genomes elucidate land plant evolution and cyanobacterial symbioses 
    Li, Fay-Wei; Brouwer, Paul; Carretero-Paulet, Lorenzo; Cheng, Shifeng; De Vries, Jan; Delaux, Pierre-Marc; Eily, Ariana; Koppers, Nils; Kuo, Li-Yaung; Li, Zheng; Simenc, Mathew; Small, Ian; Wafula, Eric; Angarita, Stephany; Barker, Michael S.; Brautigam, Andrea; DePamphilis, Claude; Gould, Sven; Hosmani, Prashant S.; Huang, Yao-Moan; Huettel, Bruno; Kato, Yoichiro; Liu, Xin; Maere, Steven; McDowell, Rose; Mueller, Lukas A.; Nierop, Klaas G.J.; Rensing, Stefan A.; Robison, Tanner; Rothfels, Carl J.; Sigel, Erin M.; Song, Yue; Timilsena, Prakash R.; Van de Peer, Yves; Wang, Hongli; Wilhelmsson, Per K.I.; Wolf, Paul G.; Xu, Xun; Der, Joshua P.; Schluepmann, Henriette; Wong, Gane K.-S.; Pryer, Kathleen M. (Nature Publishing Group, 2018-07-02)
    Ferns are the closest sister group to all seed plants, yet little is known about their genomes other than that they are generally colossal. Here, we report on the genomes of Azolla filiculoides and Salvinia cucullata ...
  • Few figs for frugivores : riparian fig trees in Zimbabwe may not be a dry season keystone resource 
    Compton, Stephen G.; Greeff, Jaco M. (Jacobus Maree) (Wiley, 2020-12)
    Most plants flower and fruit at times of year when probabilities of pollination and seedling establishment are high. Fig trees (Ficus spp.) are often considered as keystone resources for vertebrate frugivores, in part ...
  • Filamentous fungi and yeasts associated with mites phoretic on Ips typographus in Eastern Finland 
    Linnakoski, Riikka; Lasarov, Ilmeini; Veteli, Pyry; Tikkanen, Olli-Pekka; Viiri, Heli; Jyske, Tuula; Kasanen, Risto; Duong, Tuan A.; Wingfield, Michael J. (MDPI, 2021-06-04)
    The European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) has become a major forest pest in Finland in recent years. The beetle is a well-known vector of mainly ophiostomatoid fungi causing bluestain of timber and pathogens that ...
  • Finding stories in noise : Mitochondrial portraits from RAD data 
    Stobie, Connor Seamus; Cunningham, Michael J.; Oosthuizen, C.J. (Carel); Bloomer, Paulette (Wiley, 2019-01)
    many years; however, recent trends focus on genome‐wide analyses. One method proposed for calibrating inferences from noisy next‐generation data, such as RAD sequencing, is to compare these results with analyses of ...
  • Finding the missing link : resolving the Coryneliomycetidae within Eurotiomycetes 
    Wood, A.R.; Damm, U.; Van der Linde, E.J.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Cheewangkoon, R.; Crous, Pedro W. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2016)
    Species belonging to the Coryneliaceae and parasitizing Podocarpaceae hosts were collected from different locations in South Africa and studied morphologically by light microscopy and molecularly by obtaining partial ...
  • Fingerprinting of commercially available water treatment bactericides in South Africa 
    Brözel, Volker Siegfried; Cloete, Thomas Eugene (Water Research Council, 1991-01)
    Eighteen dominant isolates from water-cooling systems were exposed to 50mg/l of commercially available bactericides, and the kill percentage was determined after 6 h. Application costs of all bactericides giving an average ...
  • First draft genome assembly of the Argane tree (Argania spinosa) [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] 
    Khayi, Slimane; Azza, Nour Elhouda; Gaboun, Fatima; Pirro, Stacy; Badad, Oussama; Lightfoot, David A.; Unver, Turgay; Chaouni, Bouchra; Merrouch, Redouane; Rahim, Bouchra; Essayeh, Soumaya; Ganoudi, Matika; Abdelwahd, Rabha; Diria, Ghizlane; Mdarhi, Meriem Alaoui; Labhilili, Mustapha; Iraqi, Driss; Claros, M Gonzalo; Mouhaddab, Jamila; Sedrati, Hayat; Memari, Majid; Hamamouch, Noureddine; De Dios Alche, Juan; Alche, Juan de Dios; Boukhatem, Noureddine; Mrabet, Rachid; Dahan, Rachid; Legssyer, Adelkhaleq; Khalfaoui, Mohamed; Badraoui, Mohamed; Van de Peer, Yves; Tatusova, Tatiana; El Mousadik, Abdelhamid; Mentag, Rachid; Ghazal, Hassan (F1000 Research, 2020)
    BACKGROUND : The Argane tree (Argania spinosa L. Skeels) is an endemic tree of mid-western Morocco that plays an important socioeconomic and ecologic role for a dense human population in an arid zone. Several studies ...
  • First draft genome assembly of the desert locust, Schistocerca Gregaria 
    Verlinden, Heleen; Sterck, Lieven; Li, Jia; Li, Zhen; Yssel, A.E.J. (Anna); Gansemans, Yannick; Verdonck, Rik; Holtof, Michiel; Song, Hojun; Behmer, Spencer T.; Sword, Gregory A.; Matheson, Tom; Ott, Swidbert R.; Deforce, Dieter; Van Nieuwerburgh, Filip; Van de Peer, Yves; Vanden Broeck, Jozef (F1000Research, 2020)
    BACKGROUND: At the time of publication, the most devastating desert locust crisis in decades is affecting East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and South-West Asia. The situation is extremely alarming in East Africa, where ...
  • First record of a wilt disease of banana plants associated with phytoplasmas in Solomon Islands 
    Davis, R.I.; Henderson, J.; Jones, L.M.; McTaggart, Alistair R.; O'Dwyer, Cecilia; Tsatsia, F.; Fanai, C.; Rossel, J.B. (Springer, 2015-04)
    Phytoplasmas were detected by nested and real time PCR from wilted cooking banana plants in Solomon Islands close to the border with Papua New Guinea (PNG). These phytoplasmas and two similar phytoplasmas found adjacent ...
  • First report of a Turnip yellows virus in association with the brassica stunting disorder in South Africa 
    New, S.A.; Van Heerden, S.W.; Pietersen, Gerhard; Esterhuizen, L.L. (American Phytopathological Society, 2016)
    No abstract available.
  • First report of Alternaria alternata causing leaf blight of potatoes in South Africa 
    Van der Waals, Jacqueline Elise; Pitsi, B.E. (Boitumelo Elijah); Marais, C.; Wairuri, Charles K. (American Phytopathological Society, 2011-03)
    In recent growing seasons, a new leaf blight was observed on potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) in various production regions in South Africa. Symptoms were observed before early blight, from 50-60 days after emergence of the ...
  • First report of fruit spot of pomegranate caused by Colletotrichum Gloeosporioides in Iran 
    Rahimlou, S.; Babaeizad, V.; Sayari, Mohammad (Edizioni ETS, 2014)
    Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is one of the most important commercial fruit crop in eastern Mazandaran (Iran, 35°47’N, 50°34’E). During spring 2013, distinct dark brown spots were observed on pomegranate fruits, from which ...
  • First report of maize yellow mosaic virus (MaYMV) on maize (Zea mays) in Tanzania 
    Read, David Alan; Featherstone, Jonathan; Rees, David Jasper Gilbert; Thompson, Genevieve Dawn; Roberts, Ronel; Flett, Bradley Charles; Mashingaidze, Kingston; Berger, David Kenneth; Welgemoed, Tanya; Pietersen, Gerhard; Schulze, Susanna Elizabeth; Kiula, Barnabas Anthony; Kullaya, Alois; Mbega, Ernest (Springer, 2019-02)
    Maize yellow mosaic virus (MaYMV) has been reported from China, Ecuador, Brazil and Burkino Faso on maize since 2016 and appears to be an emerging virus with a wide global distribution. Thirty-five maize samples with varying ...
  • First report of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense causing soft rot and blackleg of potatoes in Kenya 
    Onkendi, Edward Makori; Maluleke, L.N.; Moleleki, Lucy Novungayo (American Phytopathological Society, 2014-05)
    No abstract