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Research Articles (Plant Science): Recent submissions
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(Wiley, 2017-02)Microbial dynamics on commercially grown white button mushrooms is of importance in terms of food safety assurance and quality control. The purpose of this study was to establish the microbial profile of fresh white button ...
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(Springer, 2017-01)Phytophthora cinnamomi is an economically important oomycete that infects more than 3,000 plant species. We aimed to identify the repertoire of genes expressed during preinfection stages by analysing an RNA-Seq library ...
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(Elsevier, 2015-04)Expression of specific R, NPR1 and PR genes was investigated to ascertain their role in the resistance of Musa balbisiana to Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum (Xvm). Following inoculation, wilt symptoms developed in ...
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(British Cactus and Succulent Society, 2016)Aloe candelabrum A.Berger (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae), a stately, single-stemmed species from the KwaZulu-Natal province in eastern South Africa, which had been included in the synonymy of A. ferox Mill. for some years, ...
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(Wiley, 2016-10)Dothistroma needle blight (DNB) caused by Dothistroma septosporum and Dothistroma pini is a damaging disease of pine in many countries. The disease led to the abandonment of planting susceptible Pinus species in parts ...
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(Institute of Physics, 2016-11-17)Forest loss and degradation globally has resulted in declines in multiple ecosystem services and reduced habitat for biodiversity. Forest landscape restoration offers an opportunity to mitigate these losses, conserve ...
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(Elsevier, 2012-09)In South Africa traditional medicine plays an important role in primary health care and therefore it is very important that the medicinal use of plants is scientifically tested for toxicity and effectiveness. It was ...
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(Springer, 2016-12)The rust pathogen, Puccinia psidii, was first detected in South Africa in 2013 on a single non-native ornamental Myrtus communis tree. This prompted surveys of the country to determine its geographic distribution and ...
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(Botanical Society of SA, 2016-09)As part of plant taxonomy training, second-year Botany students at Rhodes University are sent on a weekend field trip to learn plant collection and identification. In 2015, the second-years visited Fort Fordyce Nature ...
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(IWA Publishing, 2016-07)The study aimed at assessing the microbiological quality and suitability of roof-harvested rainwater (RHRW) for crop irrigation and domestic use. In total, 80 rainwater tanks (246 samples) across three rural villages ...
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(Elsevier, 2012-09)The full potential of the herbal market is mainly not realised due to the lack of knowledge of the chemical composition of most herbal products. The growth potential of the herbal medicine industry can only be achieved ...
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(Elsevier, 2012-01)In South Africa, the antimicrobial activity of many indigenous plants has been investigated. In general, studies have focused on planktonic bacteria, with less attention given to bacterial biofilms. Many organisms, however, ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2013)Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter, a tetraploid cereal of Ethiopia, has a tall and slender stem susceptible to lodging causing yield loss of ~15-45% each year. Genes conferring lodging resistance through the control of plant ...
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(Elsevier (open access), 2011-08)Abrus kaokoensis Swanepoel & H.Kolberg, a woody subshrub, is described as a new species. It is only known from the vicinity of the Kunene River and the Baynes Mountains in the Kaokoveld Centre of Endemism, Namibia. Its ...
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(Magnolia Press (open access), 2013)The predominantly southern African Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae) has long been regarded as comprising seven so-called alooid genera (Aloe, Astroloba, Chortolirion, Gasteria, ...
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(Magnolia Press (open access), 2013)The fern genus Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae) in the isolated Atlantic Ocean islands, Ascension and St Helena is reviewed. Three species are known from these islands. Dryopteris ascensionis is endemic to and the only ...
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(Magnolia Press (open access), 2013-03)Two taxa currently recognised in Thuidium are transferred to Pelekium to complete the relocation of monoicous species from Thuidium subg. Microthuidium to Pelekium. The new combinations are: Pelekium thomeanum (Broth.) ...
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(Springer, 2012-12)Differences between the coding sequences of two banana homologues of the Non-expressor of Pathogenesis-Related 1 (NPR1) genes (MNPR1A and MNPR1B) were investigated as a possible cause for the differential activity of the ...
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(Pensoft Publishers, 2016-10-04)The principal aim of this study was to establish biogeographical patterns in the legume flora of southern Africa so as to facilitate the selection of species with agricultural potential. Plant collection data from ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2012)Eragrostis tef, a tall stature and highly nutritious cereal grown in East Africa, has a serious lodging problem that reduces its productivity considerably. Certain plant-growth regulators are known to restrict growth ...
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