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  • Tracing the role of human civilization in the globalization of plant pathogens 
    Santini, Alberto; Liebhold, Andrew; Migliorini, Duccio; Woodward, Steve (Nature Publishing Group, 2018-01)
    Co-evolution between plants and parasites, including herbivores and pathogens, has arguably generated much of Earth's biological diversity. Within an ecosystem, co-evolution of plants and pathogens is a stepwise reciprocal ...
  • Inheritance of phenotypic traits in the progeny of a Ceratocystis interspecific cross 
    Fourie, Arista; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Loots, Mattheus Theodor; Barnes, Irene (Elsevier, 2018-07)
    Ceratocystis fimbriata is a fungal plant pathogen that causes black rot on Ipomoea batatas. Based on inoculation studies on numerous tree species, the pathogen is known to be host specific. The closely related species, ...
  • The polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) and its fungal symbiont Fusarium euwallaceae: a new invasion in South Africa 
    Paap, Trudy; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Migliorini, Duccio; Nel, Wilma Janine; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2018-03)
    The polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB), an ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculeonidae: Scolytinae) native to Asia, together with its fungal symbiont Fusarium euwallaceae, has emerged as an important invasive pest killing ...
  • Flavan-3-ols are an effective chemical defense against rust infection  
    Ullah, Chhana; Unsicker, Sybille B.; Fellenberg, Christin; Constabel, C. Peter; Schmidt, Axel; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Hammerbacher, Almuth (American Society of Plant Biologists, 2017-12)
    Phenolic secondary metabolites are often thought to protect plants against attack by microbes, but their role in defense against pathogen infection in woody plants has not been investigated comprehensively. We studied the ...
  • Does P deficiency affect nodule bacterial composition and N source utilization in a legume from nutrient-poor Mediterranean-type ecosystems? 
    Magadlela, Anathi; Beukes, Chrizelle Winsie; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Valentine, Alex (Elsevier, 2017-01)
    Virgilia divaricata is an indigenous forest margin legume growing in nutrient richer soils, but it is also known to invade the N and P poorer soils of the mature fynbos, a nutrient-poor ecosystem in the Cape Floristic ...
  • Urban trees : bridge-heads for forest pest invasions and sentinels for early detection 
    Paap, Trudy; Burgess, Treena I.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2017-12)
    Urban trees have been increasingly appreciated for the many benefits they provide. As concentrated hubs of human-mediated movement, the urban landscape is, however, often the first point of contact for exotic pests including ...
  • Survey of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) on Citrus paradisi (Macfad.) cv. “Marsh” in South Africa 
    Read, David Alan; Palacios, M.F.; Figueroa, J.; Stein, B.; Pietersen, Gerhard (Springer, 2018-08)
    Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) is endemic throughout the citrus production areas of South Africa and mild-strain cross-protection is employed to combat the negative effects of severe-strain infections. The country is among ...
  • Development and validation of a foot-and-mouth disease virus SAT serotype-specific 3ABC assay to differentiate infected from vaccinated animals 
    Chitray, Melanie; Grazioli, S.; Willems, T.; Tshabalala, T.; De Vleeschauwer, A.; Esterhuysen, J.J.; Brocchi, E.; De Clercq, K.; Maree, Francois Frederick (Elsevier, 2018-05)
    The effective control of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) requires sensitive, specific and rapid diagnostic tools. However, the control and eradication of FMD in Africa is complicated by, among other factors, the existence of ...
  • Detection of pathogen exposure in African buffalo using non-specific markers of inflammation 
    Glidden, Caroline K.; Beechler, Brianna; Buss, Peter Erik; Charleston, Bryan; De Klerk-Lorist, Lin-Mari; Maree, Francois Frederick; Muller, Timothy; Perez-Martin, Eva; Scott, Katherine Anne; Van Schalkwyk, Ockert Louis; Jolles, Anna (Frontiers Media, 2018-01-11)
    Detecting exposure to new or emerging pathogens is a critical challenge to protecting human, domestic animal, and wildlife health. Yet, current techniques to detect infections typically target known pathogens of humans or ...
  • Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with conifer-infesting beetles and their phoretic mites in Yunnan, China 
    Chang, Runlei; Duong, Tuan A.; Taerum, Stephen J.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Zhou, Xudong; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm (Pensoft Publishers, 2017-12-21)
    The Ophiostomatales is an Ascomycete order of fungi that accommodates several tree pathogens and many species that degrade wood. These fungi are commonly vectored by Scolytine bark and ambrosia beetles. In recent years ...
  • Genome-based characterization of biological processes that differentiate closely related bacteria 
    Palmer, Marike; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Blom, Jochen; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas) (Frontiers Media, 2018-02-06)
    Bacteriologists have strived toward attaining a natural classification system based on evolutionary relationships for nearly 100 years. In the early twentieth century it was accepted that a phylogeny-based system would ...
  • Antibody responses to Marburg virus in Egyptian rousette bats and their role in protection against infection 
    Storm, Nadia; Jansen van Vuren, Petrus; Markotter, Wanda; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz (MDPI Publishing, 2018-02-10)
    Egyptian rousette bats (ERBs) are reservoir hosts for the Marburg virus (MARV). The immune dynamics and responses to MARV infection in ERBs are poorly understood, and limited information exists on the role of antibodies ...
  • Unexpected placement of the MAT1-1-2 gene in the MAT1-2 idiomorph of Thielaviopsis 
    Wilken, Pieter Markus; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Wingfield, Michael J.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Elsevier, 2018-04)
    Sexual reproduction in the Ascomycota is controlled by genes encoded at the mating-type or MAT1 locus. The two allelic versions of this locus in heterothallic species, referred to as idiomorphs, are defined by the MAT1-1-1 ...
  • Fungal systematics and evolution : FUSE 3 
    Krisai-Greilhuber, Irmgard; Chen, Yun; Jabeen, Sana; Madrid, Hugo; Marincowitz, Seonju; Razaq, Abdul; Sevcikova, Hana; Voglmayr, Hermann; Yazici, Kenan; Aptroot, Andre; Aslan, Ali; Boekhout, Teun; Borovicka, Jan; Crous, Pedro W.; Ilyas, Sobia; Jami, Fahimeh; Jiang, Yu-Lan; Khalid, Abdul Nasir; Kolecka, Anna; Konvalinkova, Tereza; Norphanphoun, Chada; Shaheen, Shabnum; Wang, Yong; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wu, Shi-Ping; Wu, Yue-Ming; Yu, Jie-Ying (Verlag Ferdinand Berger, 2017-12)
    The present study introduces seven new species, one new combination, one new variety and several interesting taxonomical notes and/or geographical records. Most of the new taxa are Ascomycetes, but the study also includes ...
  • Molecular phylogenetics and microsatellite analysis reveal a new pathogenic Ceratocystis species in the Asian-Australian clade 
    Liu, FeiFei; Barnes, Irene; Roux, Jolanda; Wingfield, Michael J.; Chen, ShuaiFei (Wiley, 2018-05)
    The ascomycete genus Ceratocystis has a broad geographic distribution and includes pathogens of a wide range of mostly woody hosts. Black rot of Colocasia esculenta (taro), a popular cultivated root crop in China, is caused ...
  • Diversity of partial RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene sequences of soybean blotchy mosaic virus isolates from different host-, geographical- and temporal origins 
    Strydom, Elrea; Pietersen, Gerhard (Springer, 2018-05)
    Infection of soybean by the plant cytorhabdovirus soybean blotchy mosaic virus (SbBMV) results in significant yield losses in the temperate, lower-lying soybean production regions of South Africa. A 277 bp portion of the ...
  • High species diversity in Colletotrichum associated with citrus diseases in Europe 
    Guarnaccia, Vladimiro; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Polizzi, G.; Crous, Pedro W. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 2017-06-07)
    Species of Colletotrichum are considered important plant pathogens, saprobes, and endophytes on a wide range of plant hosts. Several species are well-known on citrus, either as agents of pre- or post-harvest infections, such ...
  • Fungal Planet description sheets : 625-715 
    Crous, Pedro W.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Burgess, T.I.; Carnegie, A.J.; Hardy, G.E.St.J.; Smith, D.; Summerell, B.A.; Cano-Lira, J.F.; Guarro, J.; Houbraken, J.; Lombard, L.; Martín, M.P.; Sandoval-Denis, M.; Alexandrova, A.V.; Barnes, C.W.; Baseia, I.G.; Bezerra, J.D.P.; Guarnaccia, Vladimiro; May, T.W.; HernAndez-Restrepo, M.; Stchigel, A.M.; Miller, A.N.; OrdoNez, M.E.; Abreu, V.P.; Accioly, T.; Agnello, C.; Colman, A. Agustin; Albuquerque, C.C.; Alfredo, D.S.; Alvarado, P.; AraUjo-Magalhaes, G.R.; Arauzo, S.; Atkinson, T.; Barili, A.; Barreto, R.W.; Bezerra, J.L.; Cabral, T.S.; Rodríguez, F. Camello; Cruz, R.H.S.F.; Daniels, P.P.; Da Silva, B.D.B.; De Almeida, D.A.C.; De Carvalho Júnior, A.A.; Decock, C.A.; Delgat, L.; Denman, S.; Dimitrov, R.A.; Edwards, J.; Fedosova, A.G.; Ferreira, R.J.; Firmino, A.L.; Flores, J.A.; Garcia, D.; Gene, J.; Giraldo, A.; Gois, J.S.; Gomes, A.A.M.; Goncalves, C.M.; Gouliamova, D.E.; Groenewald, M.; Gueorguiev, B.V.; Guevara-Suarez, M.; Gusmao, L.F.P.; Hasaka, K.; Hubka, V.; Huhndorf, S.M.; Jadan, M.; Jurjevic, Z.; Kraak, B.; Kucera, V.; Kumar, T.K.A.; Kusan, I.; Lacerda, S.R; Lamlertthon, S.; Lisboa, W.S.; Loizides, M.; Luangsa-ard, J.J.; Lyskova, P.; Mac Cormack, W.P.; Macedo, D.M.; Machado, A.R.; Malysheva, E.F.; Marinho, P.; Matocec, N.; Meijer, M.; Mesic, A.; Mongkolsamrit, S.; Moreira, K.A.; Morozova, Olga V.; Nair, K.U.; Nakamura, N.; Noisripoom, W.; Olariaga, I.; Oliveira, R.J.V.; Paiva, L.M.; Pawar, P.; Pereira, O.L.; Peterson, S.W.; Sharma, R.; Silva, G.A.; Souza-Motta, C.M.; Takeuchi-Kaneko, Y.; Tanaka, C.; Thakur, Anuradha; Smith, M.Th.; Tkalcec, Z.; Valenzuela-Lopez, N.; Van der Kleij, P.; Verbeken, A.; Viana, M.G.; Wang, X.W.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 2017-12-20)
    Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Antarctica: Cadophora antarctica from soil. Australia: Alfaria dandenongensis on Cyperaceae, Amphosoma persooniae on Persoonia ...
  • Isolation of a novel orthobunyavirus from bat flies (Eucampsipoda africana) 
    Jansen van Vuren, Petrus; Wiley, Michael R.; Palacios, Gustavo; Storm, Nadia; Markotter, Wanda; Birkhead, Monica; Kemp, Alan; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz (Microbiology Society, 2017-05)
    The Bunyaviridae family comprises viruses causing diseases of public and veterinary health importance, including viral haemorrhagic and arboviral fevers. We report the isolation, identification and genome characterization ...
  • Host specificity of co-infecting Botryosphaeriaceae on ornamental and forest trees in the Western Balkans 
    Zlatković, Milica; Wingfield, Michael J.; Jami, Fahimeh; Slippers, Bernard (Wiley, 2018-04)
    The Botryosphaeriaceae is a diverse family of endophytes and fungal pathogens of mainly woody plants. We considered the host range and distribution of these fungi by sampling diseased ornamental and forest trees and shrubs ...