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

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  • Genomic characterization of two novel viruses infecting Barleria cristata L. from the genera Orthotospovirus and Polerovirus 
    Read, David Alan; Roberts, Ronel; Thompson, Genevieve Dawn (Springer, 2021-09)
    Barleria cristata L. has become naturalized in South Africa, where it is commonly used as an ornamental. In 2019, plants of B. cristata showing putative viral symptoms were collected from two locations in Gauteng, South ...
  • Genomic consequences of artificial selection during early domestication of a wood fibre crop 
    Mostert-O’Neill, Marja; Tate, Hannah; Reynolds, Sharon Melissa; Mphahlele, M.M. (Makobatjatji); Van den Berg, Gert; Verryn, Steve D.; Acosta, Juan J.; Borevitz, Justin O.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew (Wiley, 2022-09)
    From its origins in Australia, Eucalyptus grandis has spread to every continent, except Antarctica, as a wood crop. It has been cultivated and bred for over 100 yr in places such as South Africa. Unlike most annual crops ...
  • Genomic delineation and description of species and within-species lineages in the genus Pantoea 
    Crosby, Katherine C.; Rojas, Mariah; Sharma, Parul; Johnson, Marcela A.; Mazloom, Reza; Kvitko, Brian H.; Smits, Theo H.M.; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Coutinho, Teresa A.; Heath, Lenwood S.; Palmer, Marike; Vinatzer, Boris A. (Frontiers Media, 2023-11-09)
    As the name of the genus Pantoea (“of all sorts and sources”) suggests, this genus includes bacteria with a wide range of provenances, including plants, animals, soils, components of the water cycle, and humans. Some members ...
  • Genomic evidence of introgression and adaptation in a model subtropical tree species, Eucalyptus grandis 
    Mostert-O'Neill, Marja Mirjam; Reynolds, Sharon Melissa; Acosta, Juan Jose; Lee, David John; Borevitz, Justin O.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew (Wiley, 2021-02)
    The genetic consequences of adaptation to changing environments can be deciphered using population genomics, which may help predict species' responses to global climate change. Towards this, we used genome‐wide SNP marker ...
  • Genomic overview of closely related fungi with different Protea host ranges 
    Aylward, Janneke; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Dreyer, Leanne Laurette; Roets, Francois; Wingfield, Michael J.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Elsevier, 2018-12)
    Genome comparisons of species with distinctive ecological traits can elucidate genetic divergence that influenced their differentiation. The interaction of a microorganism with its biotic environment is largely regulated ...
  • The genus Bipolaris 
    Manamgoda, D.S.; Rossman, Amy Y.; Castlebury, L.A.; Crous, Pedro W.; Madrid, H.; Chukeatirote, E.; Hyde, Kevin D. (Fungal Biodiversity Centre (CBS), 2014-11-13)
    The genus Bipolaris includes important plant pathogens with worldwide distribution. Species recognition in the genus has been uncertain due to the lack of molecular data from ex-type cultures as well as overlapping ...
  • The genus Ravenelia (Pucciniales) in South Africa 
    Ebinghaus, Malte; Wingfield, Michael J.; Begerow, D.; Maier, W. (Springer, 2020-04)
    The genus Ravenelia represents the third largest genus of rust fungi and parasitizes a great number of leguminous shrubs and trees, mainly in the subtropics and tropics.Molecular phylogenetic analyses of this genus using ...
  • Geospatial analysis of meteorological drought impact on Southern Africa biomes 
    Marumbwa, Farai Maxwell; Cho, Moses Azong; Chirwa, Paxie W. (Taylor and Francis, 2021)
    Within Southern African biomes, droughts are recurrent with devastating impacts on ecological, economic, and human wellbeing. In this context, understanding the drought impact on vegetation is of extreme importance. However, ...
  • Gibberellin biosynthesis inhibitors help control plant height for improving lodging resistance in E. Tef (Eragrostis tef) 
    Gebre, Endale; Schluter, Urte; Hedden, Peter; Kunert, Karl J. (Taylor and Francis, 2012)
    Eragrostis tef, a tall stature and highly nutritious cereal grown in East Africa, has a serious lodging problem that reduces its productivity considerably. Certain plant-growth regulators are known to restrict growth ...
  • The global diversity of Deladenus siricidicola in native and non-native populations 
    Fitza, Katrin N.E.; Garnas, Jeffrey R.; Lombardero, Maria J.; Ayres, Matthew P.; Krivak-Tetley, Flora E.; Ahumada, Rodrigo; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Wingfield, Michael J.; Slippers, Bernard (Elsevier, 2019-05)
    The nematode Deladenus siricidicola is the primary biological control agent of Sirex noctilio, a globally invading woodwasp pest of Pinus species. Preliminary studies on the diversity of populations of D. siricidicola ...
  • The global forest health crisis : a public-good social dilemma in need of international collective action 
    Williams, Geoffrey M.; Ginzel, Matthew D.; Ma, Zhao; Adams, Damian C.; Campbell, Faith; Lovett, Gary M.; Pildain, Maria Belen; Raffa, Kenneth F.; Gandhi, Kamal J.K.; Santini, Alberto; Sniezko, Richard A.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Bonello, Pierluigi (Annual Reviews, 2023)
    Society is confronted by interconnected threats to ecological sustainability. Among these is the devastation of forests by destructive non-native pathogens and insects introduced through global trade, leading to the loss ...
  • Global forest research, science education and community service positively impacted by a unique Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology Forest research, science education and community service positively impacted by a unique Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology 
    Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Wingfield, Michael J. (Taylor & Francis, 2013)
    Despite their importance in ecosystems and biodiversity, very little is known about the health of trees in the native environments of South Africa. The vision and primary goal of the Centre of Excellence in Tree Health ...
  • Global geographic distribution and host range of Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pine pitch canker 
    Drenkhan, Rein; Ganley, Beccy; Martin-Garcia, Jorge; Vahalík, Petr; Adamson, Kalev; Adamcikova, Katarina; Ahumada, Rodrigo; Blank, Lior; Braganca, Helena; Capretti, Paolo; Cleary, Michelle; Cornejo, Carolina; Davydenko, Kateryna; Diez, Julio J.; Dogmus Lehtijarvi, Hatice Tugba; Dvorak, Milon; Enderle, Rasmus; Fourie, Gerda; Georgieva, Margarita; Ghelardini, Luisa; Hantula, Jarkko; Ioos, Renaud; Iturritxa, Eugenia; Kanetis, Loukas; Karpun, Natalia N.; Koltay, Andras; Landeras, Elena; Markovskaja, Svetlana; Mesanza, Nebai; Milenkovic, Ivan; Musolin, Dmitry L.; Nikolaou, Konstantinos; Nowakowska, Justyna A.; Ogris, Nikica; Oskay, Funda; Oszako, Tomasz; Papazova-Anakieva, Irena; Paraschiv, Marius; Pasquali, Matias; Pecori, Francesco; Rafoss, Trond; Raitelaityte, Kristina; Raposo, Rosa; Robin, Cecile; Rodas, Carlos A.; Santini, Alberto; Sanz-Ros, Antonio V.; Selikhovkin, Andrey V.; Solla, Alejandro; Soukainen, Mirkka; Soulioti, Nikoleta; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Tsopelas, Panaghiotis; Vemic, Aleksandar; Vettraino, Anna Maria; Wingfield, Michael J.; Woodward, Stephen; Zamora-Ballesteros, Cristina; Mullett, Martin S. (MDPI Publishing, 2020-07-01)
    Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pine pitch canker (PPC), is currently one of the most important threats of Pinus spp. globally. This pathogen is known in many pine-growing regions, including natural and planted ...
  • Global invasion history of the emerging plant pathogen Phytophthora multivora 
    Tsykun, Tetyana; Prospero, Simone; Schoebel, Corine N; Rea, Alexander; Burgess, Treena I. (BMC, 2022-02)
    BACKGROUND: global trade in living plants and plant material has significantly increased the geographic distribution of many plant pathogens. As a consequence, several pathogens have been first found and described in their ...
  • Global movement and population biology of Mycosphaerella nubilosa infecting leaves of cold-tolerant Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens 
    Hunter, Gavin Craig; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Burgess, Treena I.; Carnegie, Angus J.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Crous, Pedro W.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Blackwell, 2008)
    Using 10 polymorphic DNA-based microsatellite markers, the genetic diversity of eight Mycosphaerella nubilosa populations from Eucalyptus, comprising 497 isolates from five different countries, was studies using a ...
  • Global population genomics of the forest pathogen Dothistroma septosporum reveal chromosome duplications in high dothistromin-producing strains 
    Bradshaw, Rosie E.; Sim, Andre D.; Chettri, Pranav; Dupont, Pierre‐Yves; Guo, Yanan; Hunziker, Lukas; McDougal, Rebecca L.; Van der Nest, Ariska; Fourie, Arista; Wheeler, David; Cox, Murray P.; Barnes, Irene (British Society for Plant Pathology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2019-06)
    Dothistroma needle blight is one of the most devastating pine tree diseases worldwide. New and emerging epidemics have been frequent over the last 25 years, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere, where they are in ...
  • Global transcriptomic analysis in avocado nursery trees reveals differential gene expression during asymptomatic infection by avocado sunblotch viroid (ASBVd) 
    Joubert, Monique; Van den Berg, Noelani; Theron, J.; Swart, Velushka (Elsevier, 2024-01)
    Avocado sunblotch viroid (ASBVd) is the type species of the family Avsunviroidae and the causal agent of avocado sunblotch disease. The disease is characterised by the presence of chlorotic lesions on avocado fruit, leaves ...
  • Global trends and opportunities for development of African research universities 
    Slippers, Bernard; Vogel, Coleen H.; Fioramonti, Lorenzo (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-01)
    It has been more than a decade since Jamil Salmi, former tertiary education coordinator at the World Bank, published his influential report Constructing Knowledge Societies: New Challenges for Tertiary Education.1 In ...
  • Grasses as a refuge for Fusarium circinatum L. – evidence from South Africa 
    Herron, Darryl A.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Fru, Felix Fon; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2020)
    Fusarium circinatum L. is an important pathogen in countries that grow and manage Pinus species. Approximately 50% or 600 000 ha of South Africa’s commercial plantations are planted to Pinus spp. and some of these are ...
  • Growth-stage and temperature influence glyphosate resistance in Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronquist 
    Okumu, Martha Nelima; Vorster, Barend Juan; Reinhardt, Carl Frederick (Charlie) (Elsevier, 2019-03)
    Glyphosate, currently the world's most extensively used herbicide was on the market for more than 20 years since its introduction in 1975 without reported evolution of resistant weed cases. Glyphosate is the only reported ...