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  • Variation in the content of naphthoquinones in seeds and seedlings of Euclea natalensis 
    Bapela, Mahwahwatse Johanna; Lall, Namrita; Isaza-Martinez, J.H.; Regnier, Thierry J.C.; Meyer, Jacobus Johannes Marion (Elsevier, 2007-11)
    A correlation between plant growth and accumulation of naphthoquinones (shinanolone (1), 7-methyljuglone (2) and diospyrin (3)) was investigated in seeds and seedlings of Euclea natalensis A.DC. In this study, the seeds ...
  • Viability reagent, prestoblue, in comparison with other available reagents, utilized in cytotoxicity and antimicrobial assays 
    Lall, Namrita; Henley-Smith, Cynthia Joan; De Canha, Marco Nuno; Oosthuizen, Carel Basson; Berrington, Danielle (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013)
    This study compared different commercially available viability reagents. The growth indicator reagents include p-iodonitrotetrazolium violet (INT), PrestoBlue, and Alamar Blue which were used for antimicrobial analysis ...
  • Vitaceae. A new and an overlooked record of Cyphostemma in Angola 
    De Sousa, Filipe; Figueiredo, Estrela; Smith, G.F. (Gideon Francois), 1959- (National Botanical Institute, 2011-02)
    The family Vitaceae was recently catalogued for Plants of Angola (Figueiredo & Smith 2008) by Retief (2008), who recognised 20 species in the genus. During ongoing work on the fl ora of Angola, two additional species ...
  • What’s in a name : an update on epithets used in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) 
    Smith, G.F. (Gideon Francois), 1959-; Walker, Colin C.; Figueiredo, Estrela (British Cactus and Succulent Society, 2011)
    This paper updates the previously published list (Figueiredo & Smith, 2010) of 876 epithets used in the genus Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae). A further 32 epithets are added to the list. Some epithets for which derivations ...
  • What’s in a name : epithets in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) and what to call the next new species 
    Smith, G.F. (Gideon Francois), 1959-; Figueiredo, Estrela (British Cactus and Succulent Society, 2010)
    As part of a recent international collaboration to electronically disseminate information on Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae), a genus with over 500 accepted species, a comprehensive database of epithets used in the genus was ...
  • Who amends the International code of botanical nomenclature? 
    Smith, G.F. (Gideon Francois), 1959-; Figueiredo, Estrela; Moore, Gerry (International Association for Plant Taxonomy, 2010-06)
    The tropical, subtropical and some temperate regions of the world are home to large components of the known global flora. However, the herbaria in these countries, often classified as so-called emerging economies, hold a ...
  • Who amends the international code of botanical nomenclature? A response to Applequist & al. (2010) 
    Smith, G.F. (Gideon Francois), 1959-; Figueiredo, Estrela; Moore, Gerry (International Association for Plant Taxonomy, 2011-02)
    We maintain that a review of the way in which votes that can be cast to influence the amendment of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) are allocated is overdue. Although there will no doubt be resistance ...
  • Who's in a name : eponymy of the name Aloe thompsoniae Groenew., with notes on naming species after people 
    Figueiredo, Estrela; Smith, G.F. (Gideon Francois), 1959- (British Cactus and Succulent Society, 2011)
    Since the name Aloe thompsoniae Groenew. was published in the mid-1930s, doubt has existed about whom it was named for. We determine that the specific epithet commemorates (Mrs) Edith Awdry (‘Googoo’) Thompson ...
  • Woody vegetation utilisation in Tembe Elephant Park, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa 
    Gaugris, Jerome Yves; Vasicek, Caroline A.; Van Rooyen, Margaretha W. (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2014)
    A survey of woody plant species utilisation by large (excluding elephants), medium and small browsers,man and “natural damage”, was conducted in nine vegetation units of Tembe Elephant Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. ...
  • A worldwide perspective on the management and control of Dothistroma needle blight 
    Bulman, L.S.; Bradshaw, R.E.; Fraser, Simon D.; Martín-García, J.; Barnes, Irene; Musolin, D.L.; La Porta, N.; Woods, A.; Diez-Casero, J.J.; Koltay, A.; Drenkhan, R.; Ahumada, R.; Poljakovic- Pajnik, L.; Queloz, V.; Piškur, B.; Dogmus-Lehtijarvi, H.T.; Chira, D.; Tomesova-Haataja, V.; Georgieva, M.; Jankovsy, L.; Anselmi, N.; Markovskaja, S.; Papazova, I.; Sotirovski, K.; Lazarevic, J.; Adamcíkova, K.; Boron, P.; Braganca, H.; Vettraino, A.; Selikhovkin, A.V.; Bulgakov, T.S.; Tubby, K. (Wiley, 2016-10)
    Dothistroma needle blight (DNB) caused by Dothistroma septosporum and Dothistroma pini is a damaging disease of pine in many countries. The disease led to the abandonment of planting susceptible Pinus species in parts ...
  • Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum down-regulates selected defense genes during its interaction with both resistant and susceptible banana 
    Ssekiwoko, Fred; Kiggundu, A.; Tushemereirwe, W.K.; Karamura, E.; Kunert, Karl J. (Elsevier, 2015-04)
    Expression of specific R, NPR1 and PR genes was investigated to ascertain their role in the resistance of Musa balbisiana to Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum (Xvm). Following inoculation, wilt symptoms developed in ...
  • Zanha africana, a new distribution record for Namibia 
    Swanepoel, Wessel (National Botanical Institute, 2013-01)
    Zanha africana (Radlk.) Exell is a tropical African savanna tree with a distribution that extends from Kenya southwards through Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and southern Angola (Exell 1966; Beentje ...