Browsing Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) by Issue Date

Browsing Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) by Issue Date

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  • Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Biennial Report 1998/1999 
    Coutinho, Teresa A.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Roux, Jolanda; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Oberholster, Anna-Maria; Viljoen, Altus; Aveling, T.A.S. (Terry); Korsten, Lise; Kunert, Karl J.; University of Pretoria. Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute; University of Pretoria. FABI (Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, 1998)
  • Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Biennial Report 2000/2001 
    Coutinho, Teresa A.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Kunert, Karl J.; Korsten, Lise; Berger, David Kenneth; Labuschagne, Nico; Oberholster, Anna-Maria; Aveling, T.A.S. (Terry); Viljoen, Altus; University of Pretoria. Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute; University of Pretoria. FABI (Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, 2000)
  • Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Biennial Report 2002/2003 
    Coutinho, Teresa A.; Oberholster, Anna-Maria; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Viljoen, Altus; Kunert, Karl J.; Aveling, T.A.S. (Terry); Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Marais, Gert; Labuschagne, Nico; Korsten, Lise; Myburg, Zander; University of Pretoria. Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute; University of Pretoria. FABI (Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, 2002)
  • Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Biennial Report 2003/2004 
    Coutinho, Teresa A.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Oberholster, Anna-Maria; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Berger, David Kenneth; Marais, Gert; Kunert, Karl J.; Labuschagne, Nico; Aveling, T.A.S. (Terry); Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Viljoen, Altus; Korsten, Lise; Myburg, Zander; University of Pretoria. Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute; University of Pretoria. FABI (Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, 2003)
  • Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Biennial Report 2005/2006 
    Coutinho, Teresa A.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Oberholster, Anna-Maria; Berger, David Kenneth; Kunert, Karl J.; Marais, Gert; Labuschagne, Nico; Korsten, Lise; Aveling, T.A.S. (Terry); Van der Waals, Jacqueline Elise; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Viljoen, Altus; Viljoen, Altus; Van den Berg, Noelani; Roux, Jolanda; Myburg, Zander; Chikwamba, R.K. (Rachel Kerina); University of Pretoria. FABI; University of Pretoria. Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, 2005)
  • First record of Colletogloeopsis zuluense comb. nov., causing a stem canker of Eucalyptus in China 
    Cortinas, Maria-Noel; Burgess, Treena I.; Dell, Bernard (Bernie); Xu, Daping; Crous, Pedro W.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Elsevier, 2006-02)
    Coniothyrium zuluense causes a serious canker disease of Eucalyptus in various parts of the world. Very little is known regarding the taxonomy of this asexual fungus, which was provided with a name based solely on morphological ...
  • Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Biennial Report 2007/2008 
    Coutinho, Teresa A.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Marais, Gert; Oberholster, Anna-Maria; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Naidoo, Sanushka; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Van den Berg, Noelani; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Berger, David Kenneth; Kunert, Karl J.; Chikwamba, R.K. (Rachel Kerina); Aveling, T.A.S. (Terry); Roux, Jolanda; Myburg, Zander; Zhou, Xudong; University of Pretoria. Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute; University of Pretoria. FABI (Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, 2007)
  • High intercontinental migration rates and population admixture in the sapstain fungus Ophiostoma ips 
    Zhou, Xudong; Burgess, Treena I.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Lieutier, Francois; Yart, Annie; Klepzig, Kier; Carnegie, Angus J.; Portales, Julio Mena; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Blackwell, 2007-01)
    Ophiostoma ips is a common fungal associate of various conifer-infesting bark beetles in their native ranges and has been introduced into non-native pine plantations in the Southern Hemisphere. In this study, we used 10 ...
  • Sirococcus shoot blight on Picea spinulosa in Bhutan 
    Kirisits, Thomas; Konrad, H.; Halmschlager, E.; Stauffer, C.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Chhetri, D.B. (Blackwell, 2007-02)
    During a recent survey of forest tree diseases in Western and Central Bhutan, Sirococcus shoot blight and an associated Sirococcus sp. were found on saplings and mature trees of Eastern Himalayan spruce (Picea spinulosa). ...
  • A multicomponent, elicitor-inducible cystatin complex in tomato, Solanum lycopersicum 
    Girard, Cécile; Rivard, Daniel; Kiggundu, Andrew; Kunert, Karl J.; Gleddie, Stephen C.; Cloutier, Conrad; Michaud, Dominique (Blackwell, 2007-03)
    *We assessed the ability of the fungal elicitor arachidonic acid to induce cystatin genes in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), using a cDNA expression library from arachidonate-treated leaves. *The cDNAs of two novel cystatins ...
  • Multiple gene genealogies reveal important relationships between species of Phaeophleospora infecting Eucalyptus leaves 
    Andjic, Vera; Hardy, Giles E. St. J.; Cortinas, Maria-Noel; Wingfield, Michael J.; Burgess, Treena I. (Blackwell, 2007-03)
    The majority of Eucalyptus species are native to Australia, but worldwide there are over 3 million ha of exotic plantations, especially in the tropics and subtropics. Of the numerous known leaf diseases, three species of ...
  • Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in Cylindrocladium pauciramosum 
    Wright, Louwrance Peter; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Crous, Pedro W.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Blackwell, 2007-03)
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  • Genomic changes associated with somaclonal variation in banana (Musa spp.) 
    Oh, Thomas J.; Cullis, Margaret A.; Kunert, Karl J.; Engelborghs, Iris; Swennen, Rony; Cullis, C.A. (Christoper Ashley) (Blackwell, 2007-04)
    The molecular basis of somaclonal variation is not precisely known, but both genetic and epigenetic mechanisms have been proposed. The available evidence points toward the existence of labile portions of the genome that ...
  • Genetic diversity of Chrysoporthe cubensis in eastern and southern Africa 
    Nakabonge, Grace; Gryzenhout, Marieka; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Roux, Jolanda (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2007-05)
    Chrysoporthe cubensis is an important fungal pathogen of Eucalyptus species worldwide. The fungus is also known on many other hosts, all residing in the order Myrtales. Previous studies have suggested that Chr. Cubensis ...
  • Characterization of the pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum, from Chile 
    Jacobs, Adriaana; Coutinho, Teresa A.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Ahumada, Rodrigo; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2007-05)
    Fusarium circinatum is the causal agent of the pine disease commonly referred to as pitch canker. During 2001, a Fusarium species was isolated from dying Pinus radiata clonal hedges in various forestry nurseries in Chile ...
  • Species-specific primers for Fusarium redolens and a PCR-RFLP technique to distinguish among three clades of Fusarium oxysporum 
    Bogale, Mesfin Azene; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Elsevier, 2007-06-27)
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  • Patterns of interaction specificity of fungus-growing termites and Termitomyces symbionts in South Africa 
    Aanen, Duur K.; Ros, Vera I.D.; De Fine Licht, Henrik H.; Mitchell, Jannette; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Slippers, Bernard; Rouland-LeFevre, Corinne; Boomsma, Jacobus J. (BioMed Central, 2007-07)
    BACKGROUND: Termites of the subfamily Macrotermitinae live in a mutualistic symbiosis with basidiomycete fungi of the genus Termitomyces. Here, we explored interaction specificity in fungus-growing termites using samples ...
  • Two new Phytophthora species from South African Eucalyptus plantations 
    Maseko, Bongani; Burgess, Treena I.; Coutinho, Teresa A.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Elsevier, 2007-11)
    A recent study to determine the cause of collar and root rot disease outbreaks of cold tolerant Eucalyptus species in South Africa resulted in the isolation of two putative new Phytophthora species. Based on phylogenetic ...
  • Global movement and population biology of Mycosphaerella nubilosa infecting leaves of cold-tolerant Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens 
    Hunter, Gavin Craig; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Burgess, Treena I.; Carnegie, Angus J.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Crous, Pedro W.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Blackwell, 2008)
    Using 10 polymorphic DNA-based microsatellite markers, the genetic diversity of eight Mycosphaerella nubilosa populations from Eucalyptus, comprising 497 isolates from five different countries, was studies using a ...
  • Effect of water-deficit stress on cotton plants expressing the Bacillus thuringiensis toxin 
    Martins, Celia Marilia; Beyene, Getu; Hofs, J.L.; Kruger, Kerstin; Van der Vyver, Christell; Schluter, Urte; Kunert, Karl J. (Blackwell, 2008)
    Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops require a high dosage of Bt toxin to delay development of insect resistance, in particular, when the refuge strategy is applied. This strategy is threatened by plant developmental and ...