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  • Volatile organic compounds emitted by fungal associates of conifer bark beetles and their potential in bark beetle control 
    Kandasamy, Dineshkumar; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Hammerbacher, Almuth (Springerlink, 2016-09)
    Conifer bark beetles attack and kill mature spruce and pine trees, especially during hot and dry conditions. These beetles are closely associated with ophiostomatoid fungi of the Ascomycetes, including the genera Ophiostoma, ...
  • The water lily genome and the early evolution of flowering plants 
    Zhang, Liangsheng; Chen, Fei; Zhang, Xingtan; Li, Zhen; Zhao, Yiyong; Lohaus, Rolf; Chang, Xiaojun; Dong, Wei; Ho, Simon Y.W.; Liu, Xing; Song, Aixia; Chen, Junhao; Guo, Wenlei; Wang, Zhengjia; Zhuang, Yingyu; Wang, Haifeng; Chen, Xuequn; Hu, Juan; Liu, Yanhui; Qin, Yuan; Wang, Kai; Dong, Shanshan; Liu, Yang; Zhang, Shouzhou; Yu, Xianxian; Wu, Qian; Wang, Liangsheng; Yan, Xueqing; Jiao, Yuannian; Kong, Hongzhi; Zhou, Xiaofan; Yu, Cuiwei; Chen, Yuchu; Li, Fan; Wang, Jihua; Chen, Wei; Chen, Xinlu; Jia, Qidong; Zhang, Chi; Jiang, Yifan; Zhang, Wanbo; Liu, Guanhua; Fu, Jianyu; Chen, Feng; Ma, Hong; Van de Peer, Yves; Tang, Haibao (Nature Publishing Group, 2020-01-02)
    Water lilies belong to the angiosperm order Nymphaeales. Amborellales, Nymphaeales and Austrobaileyales together form the so-called ANA-grade of angiosperms, which are extant representatives of lineages that diverged the ...
  • The Welwitschia genome reveals a unique biology underpinning extreme longevity in deserts 
    Wan, Tao; Liu, Zhiming; Leitch, Ilia J.; Xin, Haiping; Maggs-Kolling, Gillian; Gong, Yanbing; Li, Zhen; Marais, Eugene; Liao, Yiying; Dai, Can; Liu, Fan; Wu, Qijia; Song, Chi; Zhou, Yadong; Huang, Weichang; Jiang, Kai; Wang, Qi; Yang, Yong; Zhong, Zhixiang; Yang, Ming; Yan, Xue; Hu, Guangwan; Hou, Chen; Su, Yingjuan; Feng, Shixiu; Yang, Ji; Yan, Jijun; Chu, Jinfang; Chen, Fan; Ran, Jinhua; Wang, Xiaoquan; Van de Peer, Yves; Leitch, Andrew R.; Wang, Qingfeng (Nature Research, 2021)
    The gymnosperm Welwitschia mirabilis belongs to the ancient, enigmatic gnetophyte lineage. It is a unique desert plant with extreme longevity and two ever-elongating leaves. We present a chromosome-level assembly of its ...
  • Which MAT gene? Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota) mating-type gene nomenclature reconsidered 
    Wilken, Pieter Markus; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Wingfield, Michael J.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Elsevier, 2017-09)
    Filamentous fungi in the subdivision Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota) display an impressive diversity of mating strategies. These mating systems are all controlled by the mating-type (MAT) genes, some of which are conserved, ...
  • Whole genome analysis suggests that Burkholderia sensu lato contains two additional novel genera (Mycetohabitans gen. nov., and Trinickia gen. nov.) : implications for the evolution of diazotrophy and nodulation in the Burkholderiaceae 
    Estrada-de los Santos, Paulina; Palmer, Marike; Chávez-Ramírez, Belén; Beukes, Chrizelle Winsie; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Briscoe, Leah; Khan, Noor; Maluk, Marta; Marcel Lafos; Humm, Ethan; Arrabit, Monique; Crook, Matthew; Gross, Eduardo; Simon, Marcelo F.; Dos Reis Junior, Fabio Bueno; Whitman, William B.; Shapiro, Nicole; Poole, Philip S.; Hirsch, Ann M.; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); James, Euan K. (Elsevier, 2018-08-01)
    Burkholderia sensu lato is a large and complex group, containing pathogenic, phytopathogenic, symbiotic and non-symbiotic strains from a very wide range of environmental (soil, water, plants, fungi) and clinical (animal, ...
  • Whole genome-based characterization of Listeria monocytogenes isolates recovered from the food chain in South Africa 
    Mafuna, Thendo; Matle, Itumeleng; Magwedere, Kudakwashe; Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Reva, Oleg N. (Frontiers Media, 2021-07-02)
    Listeria monocytogenes is an important foodborne pathogen which has the ability to adapt and survive in food and food processing facilities where it can persist for years. In this study, a total of 143 L. monocytogenes ...
  • Whole-genome microsynteny-based phylogeny of angiosperms 
    Zhao, Tao; Zwaenepoel, Arthur; Xue, Jia-Yu; Kao, Shu-Min; Li, Zhen; Schranz, M. Eric; Van de Peer, Yves (Nature Research, 2021-06)
    Plant genomes vary greatly in size, organization, and architecture. Such structural differences may be highly relevant for inference of genome evolution dynamics and phylogeny. Indeed, microsynteny—the conservation of ...
  • Widespread occurrence of "Candidatus liberibacter africanus subspecies capensis" in Calodendrum capense in South Africa 
    Phahladira, McLedwaba Nkgobe Baby; Viljoen, Ronel; Pietersen, Gerhard (Springer, 2012-09)
    Recent studies in citrus orchards confirmed that Citrus Greening, a heat sensitive citrus disease, similar to Huanglongbing (HLB), is associated with the presence of “Candidatus Liberibacter africanus” (Laf) in South ...
  • “Winter is coming” : how did polyploid plants survive? 
    Li, Zhen; Van de Peer, Yves (Elsevier, 2020-01)
    No abstract available.
  • Wolfberry genomes and the evolution of Lycium (Solanaceae) 
    Cao, You-Long; Li, Yan-long; Fan, Yun-Fang; Li, Zhen; Yoshida, Kouki; Wang, Jie-Yu; Ma, Xiao-Kai; Wang, Ning; Mitsuda, Nobutaka; Kotake, Toshihisa; Ishimizu, Takeshi; Tsai, Kun-Chan; Niu, Shan-Ce; Zhang, Diyang; Sun, Wei-Hong; Luo, Qing; Zhao, Jian-Hua; Yin, Yue; Zhang, Bo; Wang, Jun-Yi; Qin, Ken; An, Wei; He, Jun; Dai, Guo-Li; Wang, Ya-Jun; Shi, Zhi-Gang; Jiao, En-Ning; Wu, Peng-Ju; Liu, Xuedie; Liu, Bin; Liao, Xing-Yu; Jiang, Yu-Ting; Yu, Xia; Hao, Yang; Xu, Xin-Yu; Zou, Shuang-Quan; Li, Ming-He; Hsiao, Yu-Yun; Lin, Yu-Fu; Liang, Chieh-Kai; Chen, You-Yi; Wu, Wan-Lin; Lu, Hsiang-Chai; Lan, Si-Ren; Wang, Zhi-Wen; Zhao, Xiang; Zhong, Wen-Ying; Yeh, Chuan-Ming; Tsai, Wen-Chieh; Van de Peer, Yves; Liu, Zhong-Jian (Nature Research, 2021-06)
    Wolfberry Lycium, an economically important genus of the Solanaceae family, contains approximately 80 species and shows a fragmented distribution pattern among the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Although several ...
  • Wood architecture and composition are deeply remodeled in frost sensitive eucalyptus overexpressing CBF/DREB1 transcription factors 
    Cao, Phi Bang; Ployet, Raphael; Nguyen, Chien; Dupas, Annabelle; Ladouce, Nathalie; Martinez, Yves; Grima-Pettenati, Jacqueline; Marque, Christiane; Mounet, Fabien; Teulieres, Chantal (MDPI, 2020-04)
    Eucalypts are the most planted trees worldwide, but most of them are frost sensitive. Overexpressing transcription factors for CRT-repeat binding factors (CBFs) in transgenic Eucalyptus confer cold resistance both in leaves ...
  • Worth its salt : a histone acetyltransferase gene enhances salt tolerance in bread wheat 
    Roodt, Danielle (American Society of Plant Biologists, 2021-08)
    No available abstract.
  • Wounds on Rapanea melanophloeos provide habitat for a large diversity of Ophiostomatales including four new species 
    Musvuugwa, Tendai; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Duong, Tuan A.; Dreyer, Leanne Laurette; Oberlander, Kenneth C.; Roets, Francois (Springer, 2016-06)
    Rapanea melanophloeos, an important canopy tree in Afromontane forests, is commonly utilised for medicinal bark harvesting. Wounds created from these activities provide entrance for many fungi, including arthropod-associated ...
  • Xanthomonas perforans: a tomato and pepper pathogen associated with bacterial blight and dieback of Eucalyptus pellita seedlings in Indonesia 
    Bophela, Khumbuzile Nokwanda; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Wingfield, Michael J.; Duran, A.; Tarigan, Marthin; Coutinho, Teresa A. (Springer, 2019-11)
    Leaf and shoot blight, often accompanied by die-back symptoms, on Eucalyptus species, hybrids and clones have been reported from a number of countries. More than one bacterial species has been found to cause these symptoms. ...
  • Xylan in the middle : understanding xylan biosynthesis and its metabolic dependencies toward improving wood fiber for industrial processing 
    Wierzbicki, Martin Piotr; Maloney, Victoria; Mizrachi, Eshchar; Myburg, Alexander Andrew (Frontiers Media, 2019-02)
    Lignocellulosic biomass, encompassing cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose in plant secondary cell walls (SCWs), is the most abundant source of renewable materials on earth. Currently, fast-growing woody dicots such as ...