Browsing Plant Science by Author "Lemaire, Benny"

Browsing Plant Science by Author "Lemaire, Benny"

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  • Endophytic bacteria in toxic South African plants : identification, phylogeny and possible involvement in gousiekte 
    Verstraete, Brecht; Van Elst, Daan; Steyn, Hester Maria; Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam); Lemaire, Benny; Smets, Erik; Dessein, Steven; Webber, Mark Alexander (Public Library of Science, 2011-04)
    BACKGROUND: South African plant species of the genera Fadogia, Pavetta and Vangueria (all belonging to Rubiaceae) are known to cause gousiekte (literally ‘quick disease’), a fatal cardiotoxicosis of ruminants characterised ...
  • Identification, origin, and evolution of leaf nodulating symbionts of Sericanthe (Rubiaceae) 
    Lemaire, Benny; Robbrecht, Elmar; Van Wyk, Abraham Erasmus (Braam); Van Oevelen, Sandra; Verstraete, Brecht; Prinsen, Els; Smets, Erik; Dessein, Steven (Springer, 2011-12)
    Bacterial leaf symbiosis is an intimate association between bacteria and plants in which endosymbionts are housed within leaf nodules. This phenomenon has been reported in three genera of Rubiaceae (Pavetta, Psychotria, ...