Browsing by Author "Fru, Felix Fon"

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  • First report on Basidiomycota fungi in sorghum and millet from Southwest Nigeria 
    Olopade, B.K.; Oranusi, S.U.; Nwinyi, O.C.; Taiwo, O.S.; Fru, Felix Fon; Njobeh, P.B. (IOP Publishing, 2021)
    Trametes species are mushroom fungi with several biotechnological applications. This includes decolourisation of wastewater from olive mill and elimination of endocrine-disrupting hormones.This study reports the presence ...
  • Grasses as a refuge for Fusarium circinatum L. – evidence from South Africa 
    Herron, Darryl A.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Fru, Felix Fon; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2020)
    Fusarium circinatum L. is an important pathogen in countries that grow and manage Pinus species. Approximately 50% or 600 000 ha of South Africa’s commercial plantations are planted to Pinus spp. and some of these are ...
  • High genetic diversity of Fusarium circinatum associated with the first outbreak of pitch canker on Pinus patula in South Africa 
    Fru, Felix Fon; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Wingfield, Michael J.; Roux, Jolanda (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2019)
    The disease known as pitch canker results from infection of Pinus species by the fungus Fusarium circinatum. This fungus also causes a serious root disease of Pinus seedlings and cuttings in forestry nurseries. Pinus radiata ...
  • Incidence of Filamentous fungi in some food commodities from Ivory Coast 
    Aasa, A.O.; Njobeh, P.B.; Fru, Felix Fon (Elsevier, 2022-06)
    This study surveyed important food crops consumed in Ivory Coast for fungi. To achieve this, the following local food items (attieke, cassava flakes, chili, gnangnan, haricot, melon, millet, okra, rice, white maize and ...
  • Preliminary screening of toxigenic fungi and mycotoxin contamination : a case of agricultural products in Ivory Coast 
    Aasa, A.O.; Adelusi, O.A.; Fru, Felix Fon; Areo, O.M.; Njobeh, P.B. (Elsevier, 2022-10)
    Toxigenic fungi are generally known to contaminate agricultural products; the causes, rate, and extent of its effects on common products have less emphasis, especially in sub-Saharan African countries. This lack of emphasis ...
  • Ras2 is important for growth and pathogenicity in Fusarium circinatum 
    Phasha, Mmatshepho Malekgale; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Hallen-Adams, H.; Fru, Felix Fon; Swalarsk-Parry, Benedicta S.; Yilmaz, Neriman; Duong, Tuan A.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Elsevier, 2021-05)
    In this study, we investigated to possible role of Ras2 in Fusarium circinatum- a fungus that causes pine pitch canker disease on many different pine species and has a wide geographic distribution. This protein is encoded ...
  • A scoping review of mycotoxin contamination of maize and other grains in South Africa 
    Fru, Felix Fon; Yah, Clarence S.; Motaung, Lebogang Charity; Sekhejane, Palesa Rose; Njobeh, Patrick Berka (Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 2021-11)
    BACKGROUND : Despite global legislative and regulatory efforts to ensure sustainable food safety and security, mycotoxins remain a serious challenge in the supply of staple food commodities like maize and other grains in ...