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

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  • Flooding and Phytophthora cinnamomi : effects on photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence in shoots of non-grafted Persea americana (Mill.) rootstocks differing in tolerance to Phytophthora root rot 
    Reeksting, Bianca J.; Taylor, N.J. (Nicolette); Van den Berg, Noelani (Elsevier, 2014-11)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Foliar fungi of the enigmatic desert plant Welwitschia mirabilis show little adaptation to their unique host plant 
    Kemler, Martin; Wingfield, Michael J.; Cowan, Don A.; Slippers, Bernard (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2021-03-29)
    Foliar fungi, especially endophytic fungi, constitute an important part of the microbiome of plants. Yet little is known about the composition of these communities. In this study, we isolated fungi from leaf tissues of the ...
  • Foliar pathogens of eucalypts 
    Crous, Pedro W.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Cheewangkoon, R.; Carnegie, A.J.; Burgess, T.I.; Summerell, B.A.; Edwards, J.; Taylor, P.W.J.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias (Elsevier, 2019-09)
    Species of eucalypts are commonly cultivated for solid wood and pulp products. The expansion of commercially managed eucalypt plantations has chiefly been driven by their rapid growth and suitability for propagation across ...
  • Four new Ceratocystis spp. associated with wounds on Eucalyptus, Schizolobium and Terminalia trees in Ecuador 
    Van Wyk, Marelize; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2011-01)
    Species of Ceratocystis commonly infect wounds on trees. In this study, artificially induced wounds were made on the stems of Eucalyptus, Schizolobium and Terminalia trees in Ecuadorian lowland forests, in an effort to ...
  • Four new species of Harringtonia: unravelling the laurel wilt fungal genus 
    Araujo, Joao; Li, You; Duong, Tuan A.; Smith, Matthew E.; Adams, Sawyer; Hulcr, Jiri (MDPI, 2022-06-08)
    Symbiosis between beetles and fungi arose multiple times during the evolution of both organisms. Some of the most biologically diverse and economically important are mutualisms in which the beetles cultivate and feed on ...
  • Functional characterization of a global virulence regulator Hfq and identification of Hfq-dependent sRNAs in the plant pathogen Pantoea ananatis 
    Shin, Giyoon; Schachterle, Jeffrey K.; Jeffrey K. Schachterle; Moleleki, Lucy Novungayo; Coutinho, Teresa A.; Sundin, George W. (Frontiers Media, 2019-09-11)
    To successfully infect plant hosts, the collective regulation of virulence factors in a bacterial pathogen is crucial. Hfq is an RNA chaperone protein that facilitates the small RNA (sRNA) regulation of global gene ...
  • Functional investigation of five R2R3-MYB transcription factors associated with wood development in Eucalyptus using DAP-seq-ML 
    Takawira, Lazarus Tichararama; Bachir, Ines Hadj; Ployet, Raphael; Tulloch, Jade; Clemente, Helene San; Christie, Nanette; Ladouce, Nathalie; Dupas, Annabelle; Rai, Avanish; Grima-Pettenati, Jacqueline; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Mizrachi, Eshchar; Mounet, Fabien; Hussey, Steven Grant (Springer, 2023-10)
    A multi-tiered transcriptional network regulates xylem differentiation and secondary cell wall (SCW) formation in plants, with evidence of both conserved and lineage-specific SCW network architecture. We aimed to elucidate ...
  • Fungal associates of an invasive pine-infesting bark beetle, Dendroctonus valens, including seven new Ophiostomatalean fungi 
    Marincowitz, Seonju; Duong, Tuan A.; Taerum, Stephen J.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Wingfield, Michael J. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2020-07-22)
    The red turpentine beetle (RTB; Dendroctonus valens) is a bark beetle that is native to Central and North America. This insect is well-known to live in association with a large number of Ophiostomatalean fungi. The beetle ...
  • Fungal associates of the lodgepole pine beetle, Dendroctonus murrayanae 
    Six, Diana L.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Duong, Tuan A.; Carroll, Allan L.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2011)
    Bark beetles are well known vectors of ophiostomatoid fungi including species of Ophiostoma, Grosmannia and Ceratocystis. In this study, the most common ophiostomatoid fungi associated with the lodgepole pine beetle, ...
  • Fungal associates of the tree-killing bark beetle, Ips typographus, vary in virulence, ability to degrade conifer phenolics and influence bark beetle tunneling behavior 
    Zhao, Tao; Kandasamy, Dineshkumar; Krokene, Paal; Chen, Jingyuan; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Hammerbacher, Almuth (Elsevier, 2019-04)
    The bark beetle Ips typographus carries numerous fungi that could be assisting the beetle in colonizing live Norway spruce (Picea abies) trees. Phenolic defenses in spruce phloem are degraded by the beetle's major tree-killing ...
  • Fungal clones win the battle, but recombination wins the war 
    André Drenth; McTaggart, Alistair R.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (International Mycological Association, 2019-10-29)
    Clonal reproduction is common in fungi and fungal-like organisms during epidemics and invasion events. The success of clonal fungi shaped systems for their classification and some pathogens are tacitly treated as asexual. We ...
  • Fungal communities of Eucalyptus grandis leaves are influenced by the insect pest Leptocybe invasa 
    Messal, Mandy; Vivas, Maria; Kemler, Martin; Begerow, Dominik; Brachmann, Andreas; Witfeld, Frederick; Naidoo, Sanushka; Slippers, Bernard (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-03-31)
    Fungal communities in above-ground tree tissues are hyperdiverse and are influenced by biotic interactions with other organisms living in or on these tissues. These biotic interactions are, however, still poorly understood. ...
  • Fungal diversity associated with the mycorrhizosphere soil of Brachycorythis conica subsp. transvaalensis, a critically endangered and endemic terrestrial orchid from South Africa 
    Makwela, Modjadji C.; Hammerbacher, Almuth; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Van Ede, Gerrit; Bose, Tanay (Elsevier, 2022-05)
    The Albertina Sisulu orchid, Brachycorythis conica subsp. transvaalensis is a critically endangered terrestrial orchid with a single population remaining in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. For the conservation of ...
  • Fungal diversity associated with thirty-eight lichen species revealed a new genus of endolichenic fungi, Intumescentia gen. nov. (Teratosphaeriaceae) 
    Si, Hongli; Wang, Yichen; Liu, Yanyu; Li, Shiguo; Bose, Tanay; Chang, Runlei (MDPI, 2023-03-29)
    Fungi from the Teratosphaeriaceae (Mycosphaerellales; Dothideomycetes; Ascomycota) have a wide range of lifestyles. Among these are a few species that are endolichenic fungi. However, the known diversity of endolichenic ...
  • Fungal genomes enhance our understanding of the pathogens affecting trees cultivated in Southern Hemisphere plantations 
    Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Santana, Quentin C.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2020)
    Forest pathogens are a major cause of forest disturbances and they have a significant economic impact on commercial forestry. Genomics is an important technology now available for studies concerning tree health, enabling ...
  • Fungal pathogens of Proteaceae 
    Crous, Pedro W.; Summerell, Brett A.; Swart, Lorinda; Denman, Sandra; Taylor, J.E.; Bezuidenhout, C.M.; Palm, Mary E.; Marincowitz, Seonju; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias (Nationaal Herbarium Nederland & Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2011)
    Species of Leucadendron, Leucospermum and Protea (Proteaceae) are in high demand for the international floriculture market due to their brightly coloured and textured flowers or bracts. Fungal pathogens, however, create ...
  • Fungal phoenix rising from the ashes? 
    Wingfield, Michael J.; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Crous, Pedro W.; Six, Diana L.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (International Mycological Association, 2010-12)
    During May 2010, sporocarps of what appeared to be an Armillaria sp. were found in large clumps in historic Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens on the foot of Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa. These sporocarps could be ...
  • Fungal Planet description sheets : 1042–1111 
    Crous, Pedro W.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Chooi, Y.-H.; Gilchrist, C.L.M.; Lacey, E.; Pitt, J.I.; Roets, F.; Swart, W.J.; Cano-Lira, J.F.; Valenzuela-Lopez, N.; Hubka, V.; Shivas, R.G.; Stchigel, A.M.; Holdom, D.G.; Jurjevic, Z.; Kachalkin, A.V.; Lebel, T.; Lock, C.; Martín, M.P.; Tan, Y.P.; Tomashevskaya, M.A.; Vitelli, J.S.; Baseia, I.G.; Bhatt, V.K.; Brandrud, T.E.; De Souza, J.T.; Dima, B.; Lacey, H.J.; Lombard, L.; Morte, A.; Papp, V.; Rodríguez, A.; Rodríguez-Andrade, E.; Semwal, K.C.; Tegart, L.; Abad, Z.G.; Akulov, A.; Alvarado, P.; Alves, A.; Andrade, J.P.; Arenas, F.; Asenjo, C.; Ballara, J.; Barrett, M.D.; Berna, L.M.; Berraf-Tebbal, A.; Bianchinotti, M.V.; Bransgrove, K.; Burgess, T.I.; Carmo, F.S.; Chavez, R.; Cmokova, A.; Dearnaley, J.D.W.; De A. Santiago, A.L.C.M.; Freitas-Neto, J.F.; Denman, S.; Douglas, B.; Dovana, F.; Eichmeier, A.; Esteve-Raventos, F.; Farid, A.; Fedosova, A.G.; Ferisin, G.; Ferreira, R.J.; Ferrer, A.; Figueiredo, C.N.; Figueiredo, Y.F.; Reinoso- Fuentealba, C.G.; Garrido-Benavent, I.; Canete-Gibas, C.F.; Gil-Duran, C.; Glushakova, A.M.; Goncalves, M.F.M.; Gonzalez, M.; Gorczak, M.; Gorton, C.; Guard, F.E.; Guarnizo, A.L.; Guarro, J.; Gutierrez, M.; Hamal, P.; Hien, L.T.; Hocking, A.D.; Houbraken, J.; Hunter, G.C.; Inacio, C.A.; Jourdan, M.; Kapitonov, V.I.; Kelly, L.; Khanh, T.N.; Kisło, K.; Kiss, L.; Kiyashko, A.; Kolarík, M.; Kruse, J.; Kubatova, A.; Kucera, V.; Kucerova, I.; Kusan, I.; Lee, H.B.; Levican, G.; Lewis, A.; Liem, N.V.; Liimatainen, K.; Lim, H.J.; Lyons, M.N.; Macia-Vicente, J.G.; Magana- Duenas, V.; Mahiques, R.; Malysheva, E.F.; Marbach, P.A.S.; Marinho, P.; Matocec, N.; McTaggart, A.R.; Mesic, A.; Morin, L.; Munoz-Mohedano, J.M.; Navarro-Rodenas, A.; Nicolli, C.P.; Oliveira, R.L.; Otsing, E.; Ovrebo, C.L.; Pankratov, T.A.; Panos, A.; Paz-Conde, A.; Perez-Sierra, A.; Phosri, C.; Pintos, A.; Posta, A.; Prencipe, S.; Rubio, E.; Saitta, A.; Sales, L.S.; Sanhueza, L.; Shuttleworth, L.A.; Smith, J.; Smith, M.E.; Spadaro, D.; Spetik, M.; Sochor, M.; Sochorova, Z.; Sousa, J.O.; Suwannasa, N.; Tedersoo, L.; Thanh, H.M.; Thao, L.D.; Tkalcec, Z.; Vaghefi, N.; Vaghefi, N.; Venzhik, A.S.; Verbeken, A.; Vizzini, A.; Voyron, S.; Wainhouse, M.; Whalley, A.J.S.; Wrzosek, M.; Zapata, M.; Zeil-Rolfe, I.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias (Naturalis Biodiversity Center & Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, 2020)
    Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Antarctica, Cladosporium arenosum from marine sediment sand. Argentina, Kosmimatamyces alatophylus (incl. Kosmimatamyces gen. ...
  • Fungal Planet description sheets : 1112–1181 
    Crous, Pedro W.; Cowan, Don A.; Maggs-Kolling, G.; Yilmaz, Neriman; Larsson, E.; Angelini, C.; Brandrud, T.E.; Dearnaley, J.D.W.; Dima, B.; Dovana, F.; Fechner, N.; García, D.; Gene, J.; Halling, R.E.; Houbraken, J.; Leonard, P.; Luangsa-ard, J.J.; Noisripoom, W.; Rea-Ireland, A.E.; Sevcíkova, H.; Smyth, C.W.; Vizzini, A.; Adam, J.D.; Adams, G.C.; Alexandrova, A.V.; Alizadeh, A.; Duarte, E. Alvarez; Andjic, V.; Antonín, V.; Arenas, F.; Assabgui, R.; Ballarà, J.; Banwell, A.; BerrafTebbal, A.; Bhatt, V.K.; Bonito, G.; Botha, W.; Burgess, T.I.; Cabon, M.; Calvert, J.; Carvalhais, L.C.; Courtecuisse, R.; Cullington, P.; Davoodian, N.; Decock, C.A.; Dimitrov, R.; Piazza, S. Di; Drenth, A.; Dumez, S.; Eichmeier, A.; Etayo, J.; Fernández, I.; Fiard, J.-P.; Fournier, J.; Fuentes-Aponte, S.; Ghanbary, M.A.T.; Ghorbani, G.; Giraldo, A.; Glushakova, A.M.; Gouliamova, D.E.; Guarro, J.; Halleen, F.; Hampe, F.; Hernandez-Restrepo, M.; Iturrieta-González, I.; Jeppson, M.; Kachalkin, A.V.; Karimi, O.; Khalid, A.N.; Khonsanit, A.; Kim, J.I.; Kim, K.; Kiran, M.; Krisai-Greilhuber, I.; Kucera, V.; Kusan, I.; Langenhoven, S.D.; Lebel, T.; Lebeuf, R.; Liimatainen, K.; Linde, C.; Lindner, D.L.; Lombard, L.; Mahamedi, A.E.; Matocec, N.; Maxwell, A.; May, T.W.; McTaggart, A.R.; Meijer, M.; Mesic, A.; Mileto, A.J.; Miller, A.N.; Molia, A.; Mongkolsamrit, S.; Munoz Cortes, C.; Munoz-Mohedano, J.; Morte, A.; Morozova, Olga V.; Mostert, L.; Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa, R.; Nagy, L.G.; Navarro-Ródenas, A.; Örstadius, L.; Overton, B.E.; Papp, V.; Para, R.; Peintner, U.; Pham, Thi Ha Giang; Pordel, A.; Pošta, A.; Rodríguez, A.; Romberg, M.; Sandoval-Denis, M.; Seifert, K.A.; Semwal, K.C.; Sewall, B.J.; Shivas, R.G.; Slovák, M.; Smith, K.; Spetik, M.; Spies, C.F.J.; Syme, K.; Tasanathai, K.; Thorn, R.G.; Tkalčec, Z.; Tomashevskaya, M.A.; Torres-Garcia, D.; Ullah, Z.; Visagie, Cobus M.; Voitk, A.; Winton, L.M.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 2020-12)
    Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Australia, Austroboletus asper on soil, Cylindromonium alloxyli on leaves of Alloxylon pinnatum, Davidhawksworthia quintiniae ...
  • Fungal Planet description sheets : 1182–1283 
    Crous, Pedro W.; Cowan, Don A.; Maggs-Kolling, G.; Yilmaz, Neriman; Thangavel, R.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Noordeloos, M.E.; Dima, B.; Brandrud, T.E.; Jansen, G.M.; Morozova, Olga V.; Vila, J.; Shivas, R.G.; Tan, Y.P.; Bishop-Hurley, S.; Lacey, E.; Marney, T.S.; Larsson, E.; Le Floch, G.; Lombard, L.; Nodet, P.; Hubka, V.; Alvarado, P.; Berraf-Tebbal, A.; Reyes, J.D.; Delgado, G.; Eichmeier, A.; Jordal, J.B.; Kachalkin, A.V.; Kubatova, A.; Macia-Vicente, J.G.; Malysheva, E.F.; Papp, V.; Rajeshkumar, K.C.; Sharma, A.; Spetik, M.; Szaboova, D.; Tomashevskaya, M.A.; Abad, J.A.; Abad, Z.G.; Alexandrova, A.V.; Anand, G.; Arenas, F.; Ashtekar, N.; Balashov, S.; Banares, A.; Baroncelli, R.; Bera, I.; Biketova, A.YU; Blomquist, C.L.; Boekhout, T.; Boertmann, D.; Bulyonkova, T.M.; Burgess, T.I.; Carnegie, A.J.; Cobo-Diaz, J.F.; Corriol, G.; Cunnington, J.H.; Da Cruz, M.O.; Damm, U.; Davoodian, N.; Santiago, A.L.C.M. de A.; Dearnaley, J.; De Freitas, L.W.S.; Dhileepan, K.; Dimitrov, R.; Di Piazza, S.; Fatima, S.; Fuljer, F.; Galera, H.; Ghosh, A.; Giraldo, A.; Glushakova, A.M.; Gorczak, M.; Gouliamova, D.E.; Gramaje, D.; Groenewald, M.; Gunsch, C.K.; Gutierrez, A.; Holdom, D.; Houbraken, J.; Ismailov, A.B.; Istel, L.; Iturriaga, T.; Jeppson, M.; Jurjevic, Z.; Kalinina, L.B.; Kapitonov, V.I.; Kautmanova, I.; Khalid, A.N.; Kiran, M.; Kiss, L.; Kovacs, A.; Kurose, D.; Kusan, I.; Lad, S.; Læssoe, T.; Lee, H.B.; Luangsa-ard, J.J.; Lynch, M.; Mahamedi, A.E.; Malysheva, V.F.; Mateos, A.; Matocec, N.; Mesic, A.; Miller, A.N.; Mongkolsamrit, S.; Moreno, G.; Morte, A.; Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa, R.; Naseer, A.; Navarro-Rodenas, A.; Nguyen, T.T.T.; Noisripoom, W.; Ntandu, J.E.; Nuytinck, J.; Ostry, V.; Pankratov, T.A.; Pawłowska, J.; Pecenka, J.; Pham, Thi Ha Giang; Polhorsky, A.; Posta, A.; Raudabaugh, D.B.; Reschke, K.; Rodríguez, A.; Romero, M.; Rooney-Latham, S.; Roux, Jolanda; Sandoval-Denis, M.; Smith, M.Th.; Steinrucken, T.V.; Svetasheva, T.Y.; Tkalcec, Z.; Van der Linde, E.J.; Vegte, M.v.D.; Vauras, J.; Verbeken, A.; Visagie, Cobus M.; Vitelli, J.S.; Volobuev, S.V.; Weill, A.; Wrzosek, M.; Zmitrovich, I.V.; Zvyagina, E.A.; Groenewald, J.Z. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2021-06)
    Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Algeria, Phaeoacremonium adelophialidum from Vitis vinifera. Antarctica, Comoclathris antarctica from soil. Australia, Coniochaeta ...