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Bodiba, Dikonketso; Prasad, Preety; Srivastava, Ajay; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Lall, Namrita (Medknow Publications, 2018-02-20)BACKGROUND : Curative plants have reportedly been used to make chewing sticks/toothbrushes intended for the treatment of oral diseases. OBJECTIVE : The in vitro antibacterial activities of Azadirachta indica, Pongamia ...
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Ranghoo-Sanmukhiya, Vijayanti Mala; Chellan, Yovishca; Soulange, Joyce Govinden; Lambrechts, Isa Anina; Stapelberg, Julanie; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Lall, Namrita (Elsevier, 2019-03)The Myrtaceae represents a plant family with several species having important medicinal virtues. In view of these properties four Syzygium species namely S. latifolium, S. commersonii, S. coriaceum, S. petrinense and two ...
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Muller, M.F.; Barnes, Irene; Kunene, N.T.; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Bluhm, B.H.; Phillips, Sonia M.; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Berger, David Kenneth (American Phytopathological Society, 2016-10)Muller, M.F., Barnes, I., Kunene, N.T., Crampton, B.G., Bluhm, B.H., Phillips, S., Olivier, N.A. and Berger, D.K. 2016. Cercospora zeina from maize in South Africa exhibits high genetic diversity and lack of regional ...
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Swart, Velushka; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Ridenour, John B.; Bluhm, Burt H.; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Meyer, Jacobus Johannes Marion; Berger, David Kenneth (American Phytopathological Society, 2017-09)Gray leaf spot (GLS), caused by the sibling species Cercospora zeina or Cercospora zeae-maydis, is cited as one of the most important diseases threatening global maize production. C. zeina fails to produce cercosporin in ...
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Wingfield, Brenda D.; Berger, David Kenneth; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Lim, Hye-Jin; Duong, Tuan A.; Bluhm, Burton H.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; De Vos, Lieschen; Fourie, Gerda; Naidoo, Kershney; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Lin, Yao-Cheng; Van de Peer, Yves; Joubert, Fourie; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Swart, Velushka; Soal, Nicole Christine; Tatham, Catherine; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Van Wyk, Stephanie; Wilken, Pieter Markus; Wingfield, Michael J. (International Mycological Association, 2017-11-21)The genomes of Cercospora zeina, Fusarium pininemorale, Hawksworthiomyces lignivorus, Huntiella decipiens, and Ophiostoma ips are presented in this genome announcement. Three of these genomes are from plant pathogens and ...
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O'Kennedy, M.M.; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Lorito, M.; Chakauya, E.; Breese, W.A.; Burger, J.T.; Botha, F.C. (Elsevier, 2011-04)Sclerospora graminicola is an oomycete (heterotrophic Stramenopiles), fungal-like obligate phytopathogen, the causal agent of downy mildew in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.), and a major constraint in the ...
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Lall, Namrita; Kishore, Navneet; Momtaz, Saeideh; Hussein, Ahmed A.; Naidoo, Sanushka; Nqephe, Mabatho; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve (Wiley, 2015-11)Skin hyper-pigmentation is a condition initiated by the overproduction of melanin existing in the melanocytes. Melanin pigment is responsible for the colour of skin in humans. It is formed through a series of oxidative ...
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Becker, John V.W.; Van der Merwe, Marina M.; Van Brummelen, A.C. (Anna Catharina); Pillay, Pamisha; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Mmutlane, Edwin M.; Parkinson, Chris; Van Heerden, Fanie R.; Crouch, Neil R.; Smith, Peter J.; Mancama, Dalu; Maharaj, Vinesh J. (BioMed Central, 2011)BACKGROUND: Anti-malarial drug resistance threatens to undermine efforts to eliminate this deadly disease. The resulting omnipresent requirement for drugs with novel modes of action prompted a national consortium ...
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Lall, Namrita; Mogapi, Elizabeth; De Canha, Marco Nuno; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Nqephe, Mabatho; Hussein, Ahmed A.; Kumar, Vivek (Elsevier, 2016-11)Greyia radlkoferi ethanol extract and its five compounds were tested for their inhibitory activity against the mushroom tyrosinase enzyme and melanin production on melanocytes. The crude extract showed significant tyrosinase ...
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Haasbroek, M.P.; Craven, M.; Barnes, Irene; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve (Springer, 2014-09)Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) is a destructive foliar disease of maize that results from infection with the fungal pathogen, Exserohilum turcicum. Annual yield losses incurred from NCLB in South Africa may exceed 50 % ...
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Devnarain, Natrisha; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Chikwamba, R.K. (Rachel Kerina); Becker, John V.W.; O’Kennedy, Martha M. (Elsevier, 2016-03)Sorghumis particularly drought tolerant compared with other cereal crops and is favoured for subsistence farming in water scarce regions of the world. This study was conducted to identify South African sorghum landraces with ...
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Becker, John V.W.; Mtwisha, Linda; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Stoychev, Stoyan H.; Van Brummelen, Anna Catharina; Reeksting, Shaun Bernard; Louw, Abraham Izak; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie; Mancama, Dalu (BioMed Central, 2010-04)BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of severe human malaria, has evolved to become resistant to previously successful antimalarial chemotherapies, most notably chloroquine and the antifolates. The ...
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Langenhoven, B.; Murray, S. L.; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve (Springer, 2020-11)Exserohilum turcicum is the causal agent of northern leaf blight (NLB) disease in sorghum and maize. Early detection of this economically important pathogen is essential for effective disease management to limit yield ...
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Korsman, J.; Meisel, B.; Kloppers, Frederik J.; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Berger, David Kenneth (Springer, 2012)Grey leaf spot is an important maize foliar disease caused by the fungal pathogens Cercospora zeae-maydis and Cercospora zeina. Although methods exist to detect these Cercospora species in maize, current techniques do ...
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Selected South African plants with tyrosinase enzyme inhibition and their effect on gene expression Stapelberg, Julanie; Nqephe, M.; Lambrechts, Isa Anina; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Lall, Namrita (Elsevier, 2019-01)Hyperpigmentation causes patches of skin to blemish and may lead to serious skin disorders. Prevention of hyperpigmentation would require suppressing the melanogenesis pathway which uses the rate limiting enzyme tyrosinase. ...
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Christie, Nanette; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Joubert, Fourie; Murray, Shane L.; Carstens, Maryke; Lin, Yao-Cheng; Meyer, Jacqueline; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Christensen, Shawn A.; Ntuli, Jean F.; Wighard, Sara S.; Van de Peer, Yves; Berger, David Kenneth (Wiley, 2017-02)We used a systems genetics approach to elucidate molecular mechanisms of maize responses to gray leaf spot (GLS) disease, caused by Cercospora zeina, a threat to maize production globally. Expression analysis of earleaf ...
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Human, Maria Petronella; Berger, David Kenneth; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve (Frontiers Media, 2020-03-20)Exserohilum turcicum (sexual stage Setosphaeria turcica) is the hemibiotrophic causal agent of northern leaf blight ofmaize and sorghum. This study aimed to identify the genes involved in host colonization during the ...
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Van den Berg, Noelani; Mahomed, Waheed; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Swart, Velushka; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve (Public Library of Science, 2018-10-17)Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands (Pc) is a hemibiotrophic oomycete and the causal agent of Phytophthora root rot (PRR) of the commercially important fruit crop avocado (Persea americana Mill.). Plant defense against pathogens ...
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Devnarain, Natrisha; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Van der Westhuyzen, Chris; Becker, John V.W.; O'Kennedy, Martha Magaretha (Elsevier, 2019-12)Sorghum is indigenous to Africa and a remarkably drought tolerant cereal crop. In this study, the genetic response mechanisms involved in sorghum's tolerance to progressive water deficit and re-watering were investigated ...
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