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  • Skeletons in the closet? Using a bibliometric lens to visualise phytochemical and pharmacological activities linked to Sceletium, a mood enhancer 
    Reddy, Kaylan; Stafford, Gary I.; Makunga, Nokwanda P. (Frontiers Media, 2024-03)
    Plants from the Sceletium genus (Aizoaceae) have been traditionally used for millennia by the Khoe and Khoen people in southern Africa, as an appetite suppressant as well as a mood elevator. In more recent times, this ...
  • Legumes and common beans in sustainable diets : nutritional quality, environmental benefits, spread and use in food preparations 
    Lisciani, Silvia; Marconi, Stefania; Le Donne, Cinzia; Camilli, Emanuela; Aguzzi, Altero; Gabrielli, Paolo; Gambelli, Loretta; Kunert, Karl J.; Marais, D. (Diana); Vorster, Barend Juan; Alvarado-Ramos, Katherine; Reboul, Emmanuelle; Cominelli, Eleonora; Preite, Chiara; Sparvoli, Francesca; Losa, Alessia; Sala, Tea; Botha, Anna-Maria; Ferrari, Marika (Frontiers Media, 2024-05)
    In recent decades, scarcity of available resources, population growth and the widening in the consumption of processed foods and of animal origin have made the current food system unsustainable. High-income countries ...
  • Bacterial community in apparently healthy and asymptomatic Eucalyptus trees and those with symptoms of bacterial wilt 
    Coutinho, Teresa A.; Carstensen, Gabrielle Dioneé; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Chen, ShuaiFei; Tarigan, Marthin; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2024-11)
    Ralstonia solanacearum and R. pseudosolanacearum are well-known bacterial plant pathogens that cause significant losses to both ornamental and agricultural plants. It has been suggested that they are not the primary cause ...
  • Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails 
    Potapov, Anton M.; Guerra, Carlos A.; Van den Hoogen, Johan; Babenko, Anatoly; Bellini, Bruno C.; Berg, Matty P.; Chown, Steven L.; Deharveng, Louis; Kovac, Ľubomir; Kuznetsova, Natalia A.; Ponge, Jean-Francois; Potapov, Mikhail B.; Russell, David J.; Alexandre, Douglas; Alatalo, Juha M.; Arbea, Javier I.; Bandyopadhyaya, Ipsa; Bernava, Veronica; Bokhorst, Stef; Bolger, Thomas; Castano-Meneses, Gabriela; Chauvat, Matthieu; Chen, Ting-Wen; Chomel, Mathilde; Classen, Aimee T.; Cortet, Jerome; Cuchta, Peter; De la Pedrosa, AnaManuela; Ferreira, Susana S.D.; Fiera, Cristina; Filser, Juliane; Franken, Oscar; Fujii, Saori; Koudji, Essivi Gagnon; Gao, Meixiang; Gendreau-Berthiaume, Benoit; Gomez-Pamies, Diego F.; Greve, Michelle; Handa, I. Tanya; Heiniger, Charlene; Holmstrup, Martin; Homet, Pablo; Ivask, Mari; Janion-Scheepers, Charlene; Jochum, Malte; Joimel, Sophie; Jorge, Bruna Claudia S.; Jucevica, Edite; Ferlian, Olga; Lunes de Oliveira Filho, Luís Carlos; Klauberg-Filho, Osmar; Baretta, Dilmar; Krab, Eveline J.; Kuu, Annely; De Lima, Estevam C.A.; Lin, Dunmei; Lindo, Zoe; Liu, Amy; Lu, Jing-Zhong; Lucianez, María Jose; Marx, Michael T.; McCary, Matthew A.; Minor, Maria A.; Nakamori, Taizo; Negri, Ilaria; Ochoa-Hueso, Raul; Palacios-Vargas, Jose G.; Pollierer, MelanieM.; Querner, Pascal; Raschmanova, Natalia; Rashid, Muhammad Imtiaz; Raymond-Leonard, Laura J.; Rousseau, Laurent; Saifutdinov, Ruslan A.; Salmon, Sandrine; Sayer, Emma J.; Scheunemann, Nicole; Scholz, Cornelia; Seeber, Julia; Shveenkova, Yulia B.; Stebaeva, Sophya K.; Sterzynska, Maria; Sun, Xin; Susanti, Winda I.; Taskaeva, Anastasia A.; Thakur, Madhav P.; Tsiafouli, Maria A.; Turnbull, Matthew S.; Twala, Mthokozisi Nkosingiphile; Uvarov, Alexei V.; Venier, Lisa A.; Widenfalk, Lina A.; Winck, Bruna R.; Winkler, Daniel; Wu, Donghui; Xie, Zhijing; Yin, Rui; Zeppelini, Douglas; Crowther, Thomas W.; Eisenhauer, Nico; Scheu, Stefan (Nature Research, 2023-02-07)
    Soil life supports the functioning and biodiversity of terrestrial ecosystems. Springtails (Collembola) are among the most abundant soil arthropods regulating soil fertility and flow of energy through above- and belowground ...
  • Seasonal variation in foliar mite diversity and abundance in leaf domatia of three native South African forest species 
    Situngu, Sivuyisiwe; Barker, Nigel (MDPI, 2024-03)
    Mite communities inhabiting plants are known to be affected by several environmental factors, including temperature and humidity. This pilot study aimed to assess seasonal variation in mite abundance and species richness ...
  • First report of target-site resistance to glyphosate in Amaranthus hybridus L. in the Republic of South Africa 
    Shabangu, Nhlanhla M.; Simelane, Nondunduzo Adelaide; Reinhardt, Carl Frederick (Charlie); Marais, D. (Diana); Vorster, Barend Juan (Wiley, 2024-08)
    Amaranthus hybridus L. is a major weed for summer crops. Although A. hybridus has been a known crop weed in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) for a long time, herbicide resistance has not been a problem. Nevertheless, A. ...
  • High-throughput sequencing-based detection and characterization of sugarcane viruses in Ethiopia 
    Abide, Mereme; Kidanemariam, Dawit B.; Kebede, Misrak; Knierim, Dennis; Margaria, Paolo; Menzel, Wulf; Abraham, Adane D. (Wiley, 2024-07)
    A virus discovery investigation using high-throughput sequencing in sugarcane samples from Ethiopia revealed the presence of sugarcane mild mosaic virus (SCMMV, genus Ampelovirus) and sugarcane umbra-like virus (SULV, genus ...
  • The plant checklist : building the foundation of botanical knowledge in South Africa 
    Victor, Janine E.; Klopper, Ronell Renett; Winter, Pieter J.D.; Le Roux, M. Marianne (Wiley, 2024-08)
    Taxonomic research and resultant checklists play a crucial role in underpinning all biodiversity research. Compiling an inventory of plants that occur in a region or country is a complicated task that can be subject to ...
  • Spatial diarrheal disease risks and antibiogram diversity of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in selected access points of the Buffalo River, South Africa 
    Iwu, Chidozie Declan; Nontongana, Nolonwabo; Iwu-Jaja, Chinwe Juliana; Anyanwu, Brilliance Onyinyechi; Du Plessis, Erika Margarete; Korsten, Lise; Okoh, Anthony Ifeanyin (Public Library of Science, 2023-08-24)
    Freshwater sources, often used for domestic and agricultural purposes in low- and middle-income countries are repositories of clinically significant bacterial pathogens. These pathogens are usually diversified in their ...
  • Weak latitudinal trends in reproductive traits of Afromontane forest trees 
    Swart, R.C.; Geertsema, Salome; Geldenhuys, Coert Johannes; Pauw, J.; Coetzee, A. (Oxford University Press, 2024-05)
    BACKGROUND AND AIMS : Is the increase in species diversity patterns towards lower latitudes linked to reproductive traits? Plant reproductive organs influence reproductive isolation and hence species divergence. Abiotic ...
  • Accelerated breeding for Helianthus annuus (sunflower) through doubled haploidy : an insight on past and future prospects in the era of genome editing 
    Mabuza, Londiwe M.; Mchunu, Nokuthula P.; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Swanevelder, Dirk Z.H. (MDPI, 2023-02)
    The aim of any breeding process is to fully express the targeted, superior/desirable parent characteristic in the progeny. Hybrids are often used in this dynamic, and complex process for which homozygous parents—which ...
  • Calonectria queenslandica : causal agent of Eucalyptus leaf blight in southern China 
    Li, WenWen; Chen, ShuaiFei; Wingfield, Michael J.; Duong, Tuan A. (American Phytopathological Society, 2023-03)
    Calonectria leaf blight caused by Calonectria spp. is among the most serious diseases affecting the health and sustainability of Eucalyptus plantations in southern China. Recent outbreaks of this disease in GuangDong ...
  • Two new species of Stylochaeton (Araceae: Aroideae) from South Africa 
    Struwig, Madeleen; Le Roux, Precious T.; Siebert, Stefan J.; Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam) (Magnolia Press, 2023-10-12)
    We are describing here Stylochaeton glaucophyllum and S. sekhukhuniense, two new species from northeastern South Africa. Both species have a restricted distribution and are endemic to the Sekhukhuneland Centre of Plant ...
  • Reinstatement of the name Petalidium ovatum (Acanthaceae), with an amplified description of the species 
    Swanepoel, Wessel; Dexter, Kyle G.; Loiseau, Oriane; Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam) (Magnolia Press, 2023-11)
    The name Petalidium ovatum is reinstated and an amplified description is provided for a species of Petalidium confined to Namibia. Petalidium ovatum used to be treated as a synonym of the widespread P. englerianum, but ...
  • Petalidium karasbergense (Acanthaceae), a new species from Namibia 
    Swanepoel, Wessel; Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam) (Magnolia Press, 2023-08-17)
    Petalidium karasbergense, here described as a new species, is only known from the Groot Karasberge (Great Karas Mountains) in southeastern Namibia where it grows on arid hillsides in dwarf shrubland. Diagnostic morphological ...
  • An annotated catalogue of Aloe and Aloiampelos (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae) naturalised and escaped in continental Portugal 
    Smith, Gideon F.; Figueiredo, Estrela; Verloove, Filip; Klopper, Ronell Renett; Silva, Vasco (Magnolia Press, 2023-12-04)
    Three species of Aloe, namely A. arborescens, A. maculata, and A. vera, have been formally recorded as naturalised in the region covered by the Flora iberica project, which includes the Iberian Peninsula [Portugal and ...
  • A taxonomic revision of Aloe sect. Purpurascentes (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae) 
    Klopper, Ronell Renett; Grace, Olwen M.; Klopper, Arrie Willem; Smith, G.F. (Gideon Francois), 1959-; Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam) (Magnolia Press, 2023-11-29)
    Aloe sect. Purpurascentes, or the speckled aloes (not to be confused with the maculate aloes, which are members of A. sect. Pictae), occurs in southern and western South Africa and southern Namibia. This section is here ...
  • A new species of Phyllogeiton (Rhamnaceae: Rhamneae) from Maputaland, South Africa 
    Boon, Richard G.C.; Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam) (Magnolia Press, 2023-03-02)
    Recently the genus Phyllogeiton was reinstated to accommodate the two currently recognized species of Berchemia, namely P. discolor and P. zeyheri, which are confined to Africa and Madagascar. In the present contribution ...
  • Progresses of the international community to understand sunflower–pollinator interactions through multiscale approache 
    Catrice, Olivier; Holalu, Srinidhi; Terzic, Sreten; Todesco, Marco; Creux, Nicole Marie; Langlade, Nicolas B. (EDP Sciences, 2023)
    The first web conference on sunflower–pollinator interactions gathered the international community around a major topic for sunflower productivity and ecosystemic biodiversity. Insect-mediated pollination is important ...
  • Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands 
    Díaz-Martínez, Paloma; Maestre, Fernando T.; Moreno-Jiménez, Eduardo; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel; Eldridge, David J.; Saiz, Hugo; Gross, Nicolas; Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann; Gozalo, Beatriz; Ochoa, Victoria; Guirado, Emilio; García-Gómez, Miguel; Valencia, Enrique; Asensio, Sergio; Berdugo, Miguel; Martínez-Valderrama, Jaime; Mendoza, Betty J.; García-Gil, Juan C.; Zaccone, Claudio; Panettieri, Marco; García-Palacios, Pablo; Fan, Wei; Benavente-Ferraces, Iria; Rey, Ana; Eisenhauer, Nico; Cesarz, Simone; Abedi, Mehdi; Ahumada, Rodrigo J.; Alcántara, Julio M.; Amghar, Fateh; Aramayo, Valeria; Arroyo, Antonio I.; Bahalkeh, Khadijeh; Ben Salem, Farah; Blaum, Niels; Boldgiv, Bazartseren; Bowker, Matthew A.; Bran, Donaldo; Branquinho, Cristina; Bu, Chongfeng; Cáceres, Yonatan; Canessa, Rafaella; Castillo-Monroy, Andrea P.; Castro, Ignacio; Castro-Quezada, Patricio; Chibani, Roukaya; Conceição, Abel A.; Currier, Courtney M.; Darrouzet-Nardi, Anthony; Deák, Balázs; Dickman, Christopher R.; Donoso, David A.; Dougill, Andrew J.; Durán, Jorge; Ejtehadi, Hamid; Espinosa, Carlos I.; Fajardo, Alex; Farzam, Mohammad; Ferrante, Daniela; Fraser, Lauchlan H.; Gaitán, Juan J.; Gusman Montalván, Elizabeth; Hernández-Hernández, Rosa M.; Von Hessberg, Andreas; Hölzel, Norbert; Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth; Hughes, Frederic M.; Jadán-Maza, Oswaldo; Geissler, Katja; Jentsch, Anke; Ju, Mengchen; Kaseke, Kudzai F.; Kindermann, Liana; Koopman, Jessica E.; Le Roux, Peter Christiaan; Liancourt, Pierre; Linstädter, Anja; Liu, Jushan; Louw, Michelle Anne; Maggs-Kölling, Gillian; Makhalanyane, Thulani P.; Issa, Oumarou Malam; Marais, Eugene; Margerie, Pierre; Mazaneda, Antonio J.; McClaran, Mitchel P.; Messeder, João Vitor S.; Mora, Juan P.; Moreno, Gerardo; Issa, Oumarou Malam; Marais, Eugene; Margerie, Pierre; Mazaneda, Antonio J.; McClaran, Mitchel P.; Messeder, João Vitor S.; Mora, Juan P.; Moreno, Gerardo; Munson, Seth M.; Nunes, Alice; Oliva, Gabriel; Oñatibia, Gastón R.; Osborne, Brooke; Peter, Guadalupe; Pueyo, Yolanda; Quiroga, R. Emiliano; Reed, Sasha C.; Reyes, Victor M.; Rodríguez, Alexandra; Ruppert, Jan C.; Sala, Osvaldo; Salah, Ayman; Sebei, Julius; Sloan, Michael; Solongo, Shijirbaatar; Stavi, Ilan; Stephens, Colton R.A.; Teixido, Alberto L.; Thomas, Andrew D.; Throop, Heather L.; Tielbörger, Katja; Travers, Samantha; Val, James; Valko, Orsolya; Van den Brink, Liesbeth; Velbert, Frederike; Wamiti, Wanyoike; Wang, Deli; Wang, Lixin; Wardle, Glenda M.; Yahdjian, Laura; Zaady, Eli; Zeberio, Juan M.; Zhang, Yuanming; Zhou, Xiaobing; Plaza, César (Nature Research, 2024-09)
    Mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC) constitutes a major fraction of global soil carbon and is assumed less sensitive to climate than particulate organic carbon (POC) due to protection by minerals. Despite its importance ...