Browsing Research Articles (Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)) by Title

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  • Diplodia scrobiculata found in the southern hemisphere 
    Bihon, Wubetu; Slippers, Bernard; Burgess, Treena I.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
    Diplodia scrobiculata, a latent pathogen of Pinus spp. and other conifers with a limited distribution in the United States, Mexico and southern Europe, has not been reported previously in the southern hemisphere. This is ...
  • Discovery of Ophiostoma tsotsi on Eucalyptus wood chips in China 
    Grobbelaar, J.W. (Johanna Wilhelmina); De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Bloomer, Paulette; Wingfield, Michael J.; Zhou, Xudong; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Springer, 2011-03)
    Ophiostoma species such as O. quercus are the most frequent causal agents of sapstain of freshly felled hardwood timber and pulpwood. Many species are regarded as economically important agents of wood degradation. The aim ...
  • Diseases of eucalypts in Paraguay and first report of Teratosphaeria zuluensis from South America 
    Silva, Ximena; Roux, Jolanda; Asiegbu, Fred O. (MDPI, 2020-09)
    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The global forest economy is threatened by eucalypt pathogens which are often latent or cryptic species that escape common quarantine and detection methods. Plantation forestry using eucalypts ...
  • Diseases on Eucalyptus species in Zimbabwean plantations and woodlots 
    Jimu, L.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Mwenje, E.; Roux, Jolanda (Routledge, 2015)
    Zimbabwe embarked on planting Eucalyptus species in the early 1900’s. Based on a robust breeding programme, it has become a major source of seed for other countries in and outside Africa. Tree health surveys conducted ...
  • The distribution and diversity of Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and its gall associates in South Africa 
    Gevers, C.R. (Caitlin); Slippers, Bernard; Germishuizen, Ilaria; Dittrich-Schroder, Gudrun; Hurley, Brett Phillip (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2022)
    Leptocybe invasa is an invasive gall wasp and pest of Eucalyptus trees, which has become widely distributed in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Several other wasp species have been found to co-occur in L. invasa-induced ...
  • Distribution and evolution of nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene clusters in the Ceratocystidaceae 
    Sayari, Mohammad; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Soal, Nicole Christine; Wilken, Pieter Markus; Wingfield, Brenda D. (MDPI Publishing, 2019-04-30)
    In filamentous fungi, genes in secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways are generally clustered. In the case of those pathways involved in nonribosomal peptide production, a nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) gene ...
  • 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 ...
  • The distribution and host range of the banana Fusarium wilt fungus, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, in Asia 
    Mostert, Diane; Molina, Agustin B.; Daniells, Jeff; Fourie, Gerda; Hermanto, Catur; Chao, Chih-Ping; Fabregar, Emily; Sinohin, Vida G.; Masdek, Nik; Thangavelu, Raman; Li, Chunyu; Yi, Ganyun; Mostert, Lizel; Viljoen, Altus (Public Library of Science, 2017-07-18)
    Fusarium oxysporum formae specialis cubense (Foc) is a soil-borne fungus that causes Fusarium wilt, which is considered to be the most destructive disease of bananas. The fungus is believed to have evolved with its host ...
  • Distribution of Diplodia pinea and its genotypic diversity within asymptomatic Pinus patula trees 
    Bihon, Wubetu; Burgess, Treena I.; Slippers, Bernard; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Springer, 2011-09)
    Diplodia pinea (= Sphaeropsis sapinea) is an endophytic fungus and opportunistic canker pathogen of Pinus spp. The diversity of this fungus has been studied at broad geographic scales, but little is known regarding ...
  • 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 distribution of onion virulence gene clusters among Pantoea spp. 
    Stice, Shaun P.; Shin, Gi Yoon; De Armas, Stefanie; Koirala, Santosh; Galvan, Guillermo A.; Siri, Maria Ines; Severns, Paul M.; Coutinho, Teresa A.; Dutta, Bhabesh; Kvitko, Brian H. (Frontiers Media, 2021-03)
    Pantoea ananatis is a gram-negative bacterium and the primary causal agent of center rot of onions in Georgia. Previous genomic studies identified two virulence gene clusters, HiVir and alt, associated with center rot. ...
  • Distribution, causal agents, and infection dynamic of emerging ink disease of sweet chestnut in Southern Switzerland 
    Prospero, Simone; Heinz, Malve; Augustiny, Eva; Chen, Ying-Yu; Engelbrecht, Juanita; Fonti, Marina; Hoste, Aliona; Ruffner, Beat; Sigrist, Romina; Van den Berg, Noelani; Fonti, Patrick (Wiley, 2023-11)
    Emerging diseases caused by both native and exotic pathogens represent a main threat to forest ecosystems worldwide. The two invasive soilborne pathogens Phytophthora cinnamomi and Phytophthora cambivora are the causal ...
  • Diverse sources of infection and cryptic recombination revealed in South African Diplodia pinea populations 
    Bihon, Wubetu; Slippers, Bernard; Burgess, Treena I.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Elsevier, 2012-01)
    This study considers the population diversity and structure of D. pinea in South Africa at different spatial scales from single trees to plantations, as well as comparing infections on healthy and diseased trees. A total ...
  • Diversity and distribution of Calonectria species from plantation and forest soils in Fujian province, China 
    Liu, Q.L.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Duong, Tuan A.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Chen, ShuaiFei (MDPI, 2022-07-31)
    To meet the growing demand for wood and pulp products, Eucalyptus plantations have expanded rapidly during the past two decades, becoming an integral part of the southern China landscape. Leaf blight caused by various ...
  • Diversity and evolution of polyketide biosynthesis gene clusters in the Ceratocystidaceae 
    Sayari, Mohammad; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Elsevier, 2018-09)
    Polyketides are low-molecular weight secondary metabolites with diverse biological activities. Polyketide synthase (PKS) and other proteins responsible for producing these compounds are often encoded from genes that are ...
  • Diversity and pathogenicity of Botryosphaeriaceae on declining Ostrya carpinifolia in Slovenia and Italy following extreme weather conditions 
    Piskur, Barbara; Pavlic-Zupanc, Draginja; Slippers, Bernard; Ogris, Nikica; Maresi, Giorgio; Wingfield, Michael J.; Jurc, Dusan (Springer, 2011)
    Unusual and extensive dieback of European hop hornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia) has been observed in western Slovenia and northern Italy in recent years, when extreme drought and higher temperatures were recorded. A preliminary ...
  • Diversity and potential impact of Calonectria species in Eucalyptus plantations in Brazil 
    Alfenas, A.C.; Lombard, L.; Pereira, O.L.; Alfenas, R.F.; Crous, Pedro W. (Fungal Biodiversity Centre (CBS), 2015-03)
    Species in the genus Calonectria (Hypocreales) represent an important group of plant pathogenic fungi that cause serious losses to plant crops in tropical and subtropical climates. Calonectria leaf blight is currently one ...
  • Diversity and seasonality of fungal communities in soil from the Succulent Karoo biodiversity hotspot, South Africa 
    Pieterse, Zelda; Aveling, T.A.S. (Terry); Jacobs, Adriana; Cowan, Don A. (Elsevier, 2020-01)
    The fungal rhizosphere communities associated with soil surrounding Aizoaceae plants in the Namaqua National Park in the Succulent Karoo biodiversity hotspot, South Africa, were analysed by culture-dependent and ...
  • Diversity arrays technology (DArT) markers in apple for genetic linkage maps 
    Schouten, Henk J.; Van de Weg, W. Eric; Carling, Jason; Khan, Sabaz Ali; McKay, Steven J.; Van Kaauwen, Martijn P.W.; Wittenberg, Alexander H.J.; Koehorst-Van Putten, Herma J.J.; Noordijk, Yolanda; Gao, Zhongshan; Rees, David Jasper G.; Van Dyk, Maria M.; Jaccoud, Damian; Considine, Michael J.; Kilian, Andrzej (Springer, 2012-03)
    Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) provides a high-throughput whole-genome genotyping platform for the detection and scoring of hundreds of polymorphic loci without any need for prior sequence information. The work ...
  • Diversity in Eucalyptus susceptibility to the gall-forming wasp Leptocybe invasa 
    Dittrich-Schroder, Gudrun; Wingfield, Michael J.; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Slippers, Bernard (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-11)
    1 Extensive variation to damage by the invasive gall-forming wasp Leptocybe invasa Fisher & LaSalle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is known to exist amongst Eucalyptus genotypes. 2 In the present study, 30 of the 50 tested ...