Browsing Research Articles (Biochemistry) by UP Author "Hurley, Brett Phillip"

Browsing Research Articles (Biochemistry) by UP Author "Hurley, Brett Phillip"

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  • Aggressive tree killer or natural thinning agent? Assessing the impacts of a globally important forest insect 
    Krivak-Tetley, Flora E.; Lantschner, M. Victoria; Lombardero, Maria J.; Garnas, Jeffrey R.; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Villacide, Jose M.; Slippers, Bernard; Corley, Juan C.; Liebhold, Andrew M.; Ayres, Matthew P. (Elsevier, 2021-03)
    Invasive insects and pathogens are prominent tree mortality agents in forests around the world, and the magnitude of their impacts is increasing. Comparative studies across multiple populations can be helpful for the ...
  • Botanical gardens as key resources and hazards for biosecurity 
    Wondafrash, Mesfin; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wilson, John R.U.; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Slippers, Bernard; Paap, Trudy (Springer, 2021-06)
    Biodiversity and economic losses resulting from invasive plant pests and pathogens are increasing globally. For these impacts and threats to be managed effectively, appropriate methods of surveillance, detection and ...
  • Current and potential threat of psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) on eucalypts 
    Makunde, Privilege Tungamirai; Slippers, Bernard; Burckhardt, Daniel; De Queiroz, Dalva L.; Lawson, Simon; Hurley, Brett Phillip (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2020)
    The introduction of Australian psyllids to non-native ranges across the globe is continually increasing. This is due to an increase in global trade and human movement, exacerbated by climate change. Several psyllids have ...
  • Distribution and genetic diversity of five invasive pests of Eucalyptus in sub-Saharan Africa 
    Wondafrash, Mesfin; Slippers, Bernard; Nambazimana, Alphonsine; Kayumba, Isaac; Nibouche, Samuel; Van der Lingen, Simon; Asfaw, Birhane A.; Jenya, Herbert; Mutitu, Eston K.; Makowe, Idea A.; Chungu, Donald; Kiwuso, Peter; Kiwuso, Peter; Kulimushi, Emmanuel; Razafindrakotomamonjy, Andrianantenaina; Bosu, Paul P.; Sookar, Preeaduth; Hurley, Brett Phillip (Springer, 2020-07)
    Eucalyptus is one of the most planted tree genera across the world, but is heavily challenged by invasive insect pests originating from the native range of these trees. The rate of introduction of non-native Eucalyptus-feeding ...
  • Distribution of Gonipterus species and their egg parasitoids in Australia : implications for biological control 
    Schroder, Michelle L.; Nahrung, Helen F.; De Souza, Natalia M.; Lawson, Simon A.; Slippers, Bernard; Wingfield, Michael J.; Hurley, Brett Phillip (MDPI, 2021-07-22)
    Gonipterus species are pests of Eucalyptus plantations worldwide. The egg parasitoid wasp Anaphes nitens is used in many countries for the biological control of Gonipterus spp. Recent taxonomic studies have shown that ...
  • The global diversity of Deladenus siricidicola in native and non-native populations 
    Fitza, Katrin N.E.; Garnas, Jeffrey R.; Lombardero, Maria J.; Ayres, Matthew P.; Krivak-Tetley, Flora E.; Ahumada, Rodrigo; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Wingfield, Michael J.; Slippers, Bernard (Elsevier, 2019-05)
    The nematode Deladenus siricidicola is the primary biological control agent of Sirex noctilio, a globally invading woodwasp pest of Pinus species. Preliminary studies on the diversity of populations of D. siricidicola ...
  • Harnessing the potential of precision pest management in plantation forests 
    Slippers, Bernard; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Allison, Jeremy D. (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2020)
    There are numerous new and emerging technologies that allow for greater precision in forest pest management, from sequencing and chemical analyses to data collection through smart technologies, and integration, analysis ...
  • Host specificity tests reveals new host of a global biological control agent Psyllaephagus bliteus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) 
    Bush, Samantha J.; Slippers, Bernard; Dittrich-Schroder, Gudrun; Hurley, Brett Phillip (Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 2020-09)
    Glycaspis brimblecombei (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) is an invasive, sap-sucking eucalypt pest in various parts of the world. Psyllaephagus bliteus(Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) was first released as a biological control agent ...
  • Influence of the community of associates on Sirex noctilio brood production is contextual 
    Haavik, Laurel J.; Slippers, Bernard; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Dodds, Kevin J.; Scarr, Taylor; Turgeon, Jean J.; Allison, Jeremy D. (Wiley, 2020-06)
    1. Competition and predation are important components of biotic resistance, which helps define the invasibility of an ecosystem. 2. To search for evidence of biotic resistance to the European woodwasp, Sirex noctilio ...
  • Interactions between hymenopteran species associated with gall‐forming wasps : the Leptocybe invasa community as a case study 
    Gevers, Caitlin R.; Dittrich-Schroder, Gudrun; Slippers, Bernard; Hurley, Brett Phillip (Wiley, 2021-05)
    1. Leptocybe invasa is native to Australia and induces galls on various species of Eucalyptus. Two genetically distinct lineages of this wasp have been detected outside its native range, namely, Leptocybe Lineage A and ...
  • Invasion history and management of Eucalyptus snout beetles in the Gonipterus scutellatus species complex 
    Schroder, Michelle L.; Slippers, Bernard; Wingfield, Michael J.; Hurley, Brett Phillip (Springer, 2020-01)
    Gonipterus scutellatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), once thought to be a single species, is now known to reside in a complex of at least eight cryptic species. Two of these species (G. platensis and G. pulverulentus) and ...
  • Local antagonism and resource partitioning between two invasive pine plantation pests 
    Wondafrash, Mesfin; Slippers, Bernard; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Garnas, Jeffrey R. (Wiley, 2019-08)
    The woodwasp Sirex noctilio Fabricius, native to Eurasia and North Africa, regularly co‐occurs with a North American origin Pissodes sp. on Pinus trees in South Africa. The nature of this co‐occurrence and potential impacts ...
  • Mechanisms that influence sex ratio variation in the invasive hymenopteran Sirex noctilio in South Africa 
    Queffelec, Josephine; Wooding, Amy L.; Greeff, Jaco M. (Jacobus Maree); Garnas, Jeffrey R.; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Slippers, Bernard (Wiley Open Access, 2019-07)
    Sirex noctilio is an economically important invasive pest of commercial pine forestry in the Southern Hemisphere. Newly established invasive populations of this woodwasp are characterized by highly male‐biased sex ratios ...
  • Sequence data reflect the introduction pathways of the Sirex woodwasp parasitoid, Ibalia leucospoides (Ibaliidae, Hymenoptera) 
    Hurley, Brett Phillip; Fitza, Katrin N.E.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Slippers, Bernard (Wiley, 2020-05)
    The parasitoid wasp Ibalia leucospoides is native to the northern hemisphere and has been introduced to the southern hemisphere as a biological control agent for the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio. Two subspecies of the ...
  • Tree health in South Africa : retrospect and prospect 
    Wingfield, Michael J.; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Slippers, Bernard (AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-11-26)
    South Africa is a country with very limited natural forest cover. Consequently, the timber and fibre needs of the country cannot be provided for from indigenous forest. It is largely for this reason that South Africa ...