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

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  • Ras2 is important for growth and pathogenicity in Fusarium circinatum 
    Phasha, Mmatshepho Malekgale; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Hallen-Adams, H.; Fru, Felix Fon; Swalarsk-Parry, Benedicta S.; Yilmaz, Neriman; Duong, Tuan A.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Elsevier, 2021-05)
    In this study, we investigated to possible role of Ras2 in Fusarium circinatum- a fungus that causes pine pitch canker disease on many different pine species and has a wide geographic distribution. This protein is encoded ...
  • Re-evaluation of Cryptosporiopsis eucalypti and Cryptosporiopsis-like species occurring on Eucalyptus leaves 
    Cheewangkoon, R.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Verkley, G.J.M.; Hyde, Kevin D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Gryzenhout, Marieka; Summerell, Brett A.; Denman, Sandra; Toanun, C.; Crous, Pedro W. (Springer, 2010-10)
    Cryptosporiopsis eucalypti is a common follicolous pathogen of Eucalyptus species in tropical and temperate regions where these trees are grown in plantations. The taxonomy of C. eucalypti is confused by the fact that it ...
  • Re-evaluation of Mycoleptodiscus species and morphologically similar fungi 
    Hernández-Restrepo, M.; Bezerra, J.D.P.; Tan, Y.P.; Wiederhold, N.; Crous, Pedro W.; Guarro, J.; Gené, J. (National Herbarium of the Netherlands, 2019-06)
    Mycoleptodiscus includes plant pathogens, animal opportunists, saprobic and endophytic fungi. The present study presents the first molecular phylogeny and revision of the genus based on four loci, including ITS, LSU, ...
  • A re-evaluation of Penicillium section Canescentia, including the description of five new species 
    Visagie, Cobus M.; Frisvad, J.C.; Houbraken, J.; Visagie, A.; Samson, R.A.; Jacobs, K. (National Herbarium of the Netherlands, 2021-06)
    A survey of Penicillium in the fynbos biome from South Africa resulted in the isolation of 61 species of which 29 were found to be new. In this study we focus on Penicillium section Canescentia, providing a phylogenetic ...
  • Re-evaluation of the taxonomy of Talaromyces minioluteus 
    Pyrri, Ioanna; Visagie, Cobus M.; Soccio, Piera; Houbraken, Jos (MDPI, 2021-11-20)
    Talaromyces minioluteus belongs to the section Trachyspermi, has a worldwide distribution and has been found on various substrates, especially on various (stored) food commodities and indoor environments. This species ...
  • Real-time feedback-driven single-particle tracking : a survey and perspective 
    Van Heerden, Bertus; Vickers, Nicholas A.; Kruger, T.P.J. (Tjaart); Andersson, Sean B. (Wiley, 2022-07)
    Real-time feedback-driven single-particle tracking (RT-FD-SPT) is a class of techniques in the field of single-particle tracking that uses feedback control to keep a particle of interest in a detection volume. These methods ...
  • Recent occurrence of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense tropical race 4 in Asia 
    Molina, A.B.; Fabregar, E.; Sinohin, V.G.; Yi, G.; Viljoen, Altus (International Society for Horticultural Science, 2009)
    Fusarium wilt, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), is an important disease of banana in almost all banana-producing countries of the world. The recent occurrence of a highly virulent form of Foc in Asia, ...
  • Recommendations to prevent taxonomic misidentification of genome-sequenced fungal strains 
    Houbraken, Jos; Visagie, Cobus M.; Frisvad, Jens D. (American Society for Microbiology, 2021-12-02)
    Correct identification of a (genome-sequenced) strain is an essential step in evolutionary and comparative genomic studies. It came to our attention that the number of publicly available misidentified genome-sequenced ...
  • Reconsideration of species boundaries and proposed DNA barcodes for Calonectria 
    Liu, QianLi; Li, JieQiong; Wingfield, Michael J.; Duong, Tuan A.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Crous, Pedro W.; Chen, S.F. (Fungal Biodiversity Centre (CBS), 2020-09)
    Calonectria represents a genus of phytopathogenic ascomycetous fungi with a worldwide distribution. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of taxonomic studies on these fungi. Currently, there are 169 ...
  • Reconsidering species boundaries in the Ceratocystis paradoxa complex, including a new species from oil palm and cacao in Cameroon 
    Mbenoum, Michael; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Roux, Jolanda (Mycological Society of America, 2014)
    The Ceratocystis paradoxa complex accommodates a group of fungal pathogens that have become specialized to infect mostly monocotyledonous plants. Four species currently are recognized in this group, including C. paradoxa, ...
  • Redefining Humicola sensu stricto and related genera in the Chaetomiaceae 
    Wang, X.W.; Yang, F.Y.; Meijer, M.; Kraak, B.; Sun, B.D.; Jiang, Y.L.; Wu, Y.M.; Bai, F.Y.; Seifert, K.A.; Crous, Pedro W.; Samson, R.A.; Houbraken, J. (Elsevier, 2019-06)
    The traditional concept of the genus Humicola includes species that produce pigmented, thick-walled and single-celled spores laterally or terminally on hyphae or minimally differentiated conidiophores. More than 50 species ...
  • Redefining species limits in the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex 
    Yilmaz, Neriman; Sandoval-Denis, Marcelo; Lombard, L.; Visagie, Cobus M.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Crous, Pedro W. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 2021-06)
    The Fusarium fujikuroi species complex (FFSC) includes more than 60 phylogenetic species (phylospecies) with both phytopathological and clinical importance. Because of their economical relevance, a stable taxonomy and ...
  • Redisposition of acremonium-like fungi in Hypocreales 
    Hou, L.W.; Giraldo, A.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Rama, T.; Summerbell, R.C.; Huang, G.Z.; Cai, L.; Crous, Pedro W. (Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, 2023-06-02)
    Acremonium is acknowledged as a highly ubiquitous genus including saprobic, parasitic, or endophytic fungi that inhabit a variety of environments. Species of this genus are extensively exploited in industrial, commercial, ...
  • Reducing the number of accepted species in Aspergillus series Nigri 
    Bian, C.; Kusuya, Y.; Sklenar, F.; D'hooge, E.; Yaguchi, T.; Ban, S.; Visagie, Cobus M.; Houbraken, J.; Takahashi, H.; Hubka, V. (Elsevier, 2022-06)
    The Aspergillus series Nigri contains biotechnologically and medically important species. They can produce hazardous mycotoxins, which is relevant due to the frequent occurrence of these species on foodstuffs and in the ...
  • Relationship between hybrid performance and AFLP based genetic distance in highland maize inbred lines 
    Legesse, B.W.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Pixley, K.V.; Twumasi-Afriyie, S.; Botha, Anna-Maria (Springer, 2008)
    The objectives of this study were to determine the crossing performance of highland maize inbred lines for grain yield, days to silk and plant height; estimate genetic distance (GD) among the inbred lines and in association ...
  • Relevance of prokaryotic subspecies in the age of genomics 
    Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Palmer, Marike; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Elsevier, 2022-07)
    The availability of multiple gene sequences, and in particular full genome sequence data, for microbial strains has changed how taxonomists delineate subspecies belonging to the Archaea and Bacteria. Well-defined phylogenetic ...
  • The relevance of studying insect–nematode interactions for human disease 
    Swart, Zorada; Duong, Tuan A.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Postma, Alissa; Slippers, Bernard (Taylor and Francis, 2022)
    Vertebrate-parasitic nematodes cause debilitating, chronic infections in millions of people worldwide. The burden of these so-called ‘neglected tropical diseases’ is often carried by poorer socioeconomic communities in ...
  • Repeat-induced point mutations drive divergence between Fusarium circinatum and its close relatives 
    Van Wyk, Stephanie; Wingfield, Brenda D.; De Vos, Lieschen; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Santana, Quentin C.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (MDPI, 2019-12)
    The Repeat-Induced Point (RIP) mutation pathway is a fungal-specific genome defense mechanism that counteracts the deleterious effects of transposable elements. This pathway permanently mutates its target sequences by ...
  • Reproductive compatibility of a newly imported Australian population of the biocontrol agent Anaphes nitens with an existing South African population 
    Barten, Harm; Schroder, Michelle L.; Slippers, Bernard; Howe, Andy G.; Lawson, Simon A.; Hurley, Brett Phillip (Elsevier, 2023-12)
    Introductions of natural enemies in classical biocontrol programs potentially cause genetic bottlenecks which can be detrimental for biocontrol. This can be mitigated by introducing multiple populations of a natural enemy, ...
  • Residual effects caused by a past mycovirus Infection in Fusarium circinatum 
    Zamora-Ballesteros, Cristina; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Martin-Garcia, Jorge; Diez, Julio J. (MDPI, 2021-01)
    Mycoviruses are known to be difficult to cure in fungi but their spontaneous loss occurs commonly. The unexpected disappearance of mycoviruses can be explained by diverse reasons, from methodological procedures to ...