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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The thesis titled ‘Araucaria (Araucaria araucana) canker disease in Chile: etiology and fungal diversity’ considered a serious disease that has recently emerged on Araucaria araucana, an iconic conifer species endemic to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-06-21)Fusarium circinatum is the causal agent of the disease known as pitch canker of pine. The fungus causes resinous cankers on stems and branches of mature trees, dieback of female flowers and cones, as well as root rot and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The Eucalyptus foliar pathogen Teratosphaeria destructans causes severe and widespread damage in South East Asian and South African plantations. This study aimed to investigate the biology and pathology of T. destructans. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-02-06)The South African commercial forest industry is almost exclusively reliant on plantations of exotic trees, of which Eucalyptus spp. make up almost 50 %. Botryosphaeria spp. are important canker pathogens in these Eucalyptus ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-06-17)Tree species belonging to the genus Acacia have a significant impact ecologically and economically in southern Africa. Together with the African baobab, these trees are recognized as icons of the African landscape. They ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Preface Members of the Botryosphaeriaceae represent a diverse family of fungi with over 180 species. They have been reported from a wide range of hosts occurring as endophytes, saprophytes or pathogens. These fungi are ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-08-14)This thesis concerns the study of selected Ceratocystis species and Ophiostoma species infecting wounds on broad-leaved trees, particularly those occurring in Africa. However, two chapters also deal with these fungi from ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-09-23)
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Ceratocystis spp. and Botryosphaeriaceae on plantation Acacia species in Central Sumatra, Indonesia (University of Pretoria, 2008-11-27)The use of Acacia spp. in plantation forestry increased dramatically in Indonesia since the 1980’s after the Indonesian Government initiated a plantation development program known as Hutan Tanaman Industri (HTI). The aim ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2002)Please read the abstract (preface) in the section 00front of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-11-12)Inflorescence malformation in Syzygium cordatum and Mangifera indica (mango) is characterised by abnormally enlarged and excessively branched panicles, which are unable to bear fruits. In mango, the malformation disease ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-10-07)Fungal diseases of trees are serious impediments to forest expansion and productivity. While the adverse effects of diseases of non-native plantation forest trees are increasingly recognized in Africa, the health of native ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)The success of the forestry industry in the world and particularly the Southern hemisphere can be attributed to the choice of fast and easy-growing exotic pine and eucalypt tree species, which have been planted separated ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-06-17)The Koala bears housed and maintained by the Pretoria Zoo are relying on 20 different Eucalyptus species in the Eucalyptus arboretum in Pretoria for food. Species of the Botryosphaeriaceae are well known endophytes and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Many countries have established commercial plantations of Pinus spp. to accommodate a growing demand for wood and timber products. In the Southern Hemisphere, where Pinus spp. are non-native, establishment of these plantations ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The Cryphonectriaceae is a highly diverse group of fungi that are mainly parasites and endophytes with a few saprophytic species. Chrysoporthe and allied taxa are devastating tree pathogens especially of Myrtales (Myrtaceae ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-11-11)The leaf and shoot blight disease known locally as Daño Foliar del Pino (DFP) is the most important problem affecting Chilean Pinus radiata plantations. The disease is typified by needle infections, exudation of resin ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-11-11)
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-07-05)Please read the abstract (Summary) in the section 00front of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Coffee trees belong to the botanical genus Coffea (family Rubiaceae). Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) originated in Ethiopia and was first cultivated in Yemen in the 15th century. Arabica coffee was introduced to the Asian ...
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