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

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  • Salicylic acid activates poplar defense against the biotrophic rust fungus Melampsora larici-populina via increased biosynthesis of catechin and proanthocyanidins 
    Ullah, Chhana; Tsai, Chung-Jui; Unsicker, Sybille B.; Xue, Liangjiao; Reichelt, Michael; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Hammerbacher, Almuth (Wiley, 2019-01)
    Poplar trees synthesize flavan-3-ols (catechin and proanthocyanidins) as a defense against foliar rust fungi, but the regulation of this defense response is poorly understood. Here, we investigated the role of hormones ...
  • Sampling and detection strategies for the pine pitch canker (PPC) disease pathogen Fusarium circinatum in Europe 
    Vainio, Eeva J.; Bezos, Diana; Bragança, Helena; Cleary, Michelle; Gerda Fourie; Georgieva, Margarita; Ghelardini, Luisa; Hannunen, Salla; Ioos, Renaud; Martín-García, Jorge; Martinez-Alvarez, Pablo; Mullett, Martin S.; Oszako, Tomasz; Papazova-Anakieva, Irena; Piskur, Barbara; Romeralo, Carmen; Sanz-Ros, Antonio V.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Tubby, Katherine; Wingfield, Michael J.; Diez, Julio J. (MDPI Publishing, 2019-09)
    Fusarium circinatum Nirenberg & O’Donnel is listed among the species recommended for regulation as quarantine pests in Europe. Over 60 Pinus species are susceptible to the pathogen and it also causes disease on Douglas-fir ...
  • Saprophytic and pathogenic fungi in the Ceratocystidaceae differ in their ability to metabolize plant-derived sucrose 
    Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; McTaggart, Alistair R.; Trollip, Conrad; Godlonton, T.; Sauerman, E.; Roodt, Danielle; Naidoo, Kershney; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Wilken, Pieter Markus; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (BioMed Central, 2015-12-07)
    BACKGROUND : Proteins in the Glycoside Hydrolase family 32 (GH32) are carbohydrate-active enzymes known as invertases that hydrolyse the glycosidic bonds of complex saccharides. Fungi rely on these enzymes to gain access ...
  • Sciarid pests (Diptera: Sciaridae) from undercover crop production in South Africa 
    Katumanyane, Agil; Kanzi, Aquillah M.; Malan, Antoinette P. (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2020-03)
    Fungus gnats (sciarids) are among the most important pests in undercover crop production. They cause direct physical damage to plant roots, transfer fungal pathogens and create entry points for soil-borne plant pathogens. ...
  • Science engagement in South Africa 
    Hulbert, J.M. (Joey); Roets, F. (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2018-09)
    Learners from grades 9 to 12 surrounded our Science Week table in the township Khaye-litsha, an impoverished community near Cape Town in South Africa. We were conducting outreach for our project Cape Citizen Science ...
  • Scientists’ warning on invasive alien species 
    Pysek, Petr; Hulme, Philip E.; Simberloff, Dan; Bacher, Sven; Blackburn, Tim M.; Carlton, James T.; Dawson, Wayne; Essl, Franz; Foxcroft, Llewellyn C.; Genovesi, Piero; Jeschke, Jonathan M.; Kuhn, Ingolf; Liebhold, Andrew M.; Mandrak, Nicholas E.; Meyerson, Laura A.; Pauchard, Anibal; Pergl, Jan; Roy, Helen E.; Seebens, Hanno; Van Kleunen, Mark; Vila, Montserrat; Wingfield, Michael J.; Richardson, David M. (Wiley, 2020-12)
    Biological invasions are a global consequence of an increasingly connected world and the rise in human population size. The numbers of invasive alien species – the subset of alien species that spread widely in areas where ...
  • Sclerotinia sclerotiorum circumvents flavonoid defenses by catabolizing flavonol glycosides and aglycones 
    Chen, Jingyuan; Ullah, Chhana; Reichelt, Michael; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Hammerbacher, Almuth (American Society of Plant Biologists, 2019-08)
    Flavonols are widely distributed plant metabolites that inhibit microbial growth. Yet many pathogens cause disease in flavonol-containing plant tissues. We investigated how Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, a necrotrophic fungal ...
  • Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Infection triggers changes in primary and secondary metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana 
    Chen, Jingyuan; Ullah, Chhana; Giddings-Vassao, Daniel; Reichelt, Michael; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Hammerbacher, Almuth (American Phytopathological Society, 2021-03)
    Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a devastating plant pathogen that causes substantial losses in various agricultural crops. Although plants have developed some well-known defense mechanisms against invasive fungi, much remains ...
  • Screening five local entomopathogenic nematode species for their virulence against pupae of the Eucalyptus snout beetle, Gonipterus sp. n. 2, under laboratory conditions 
    Rakubu, Innocent Lephaswa; Katumanyane, Agil; Hurley, Brett Phillip (Elsevier, 2024-02)
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  • Seasonal variability in fungal endophytes from Aizoaceae plants in the Succulent Karoo biodiversity hotspot, South Africa 
    Pieterse, Zelda; Aveling, T.A.S. (Terry); Jacobs, Adriaana; Cowan, Don A. (Elsevier, 2018-05)
    All ten species of Aizoaceae screened in this study were populated with endophytes. Fifty nine fungal species from 25 genera, including fourteen rare species, were identified. Seasonal specificity was observed; with 32 and ...
  • Seasonal variation in mycoflora associated with asymptomatic maize grain from smallholder farms in two provinces of South Africa 
    Aveling, T.A.S. (Terry); De Ridder, Katrien; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Berger, David Kenneth (Kassel University Press, 2020)
    Seed quality plays an important role in the establishment of healthy crop stands. The aim of this study was to identify the mycoflora associated with maize grain collected over two growing seasons, one experiencing severe ...
  • Secrets of the subterranean pathosystem of Armillaria 
    Baumgartner, Kendra; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Hoffmeister, Dirk (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-01)
    Armillaria root disease affects fruit and nut crops, timber trees and ornamentals in boreal, temperate and tropical regions of the world. The causal pathogens are members of the genus Armillaria (Basidiomycota, Physalacriaceae). ...
  • Seed health and germination of Brassica spp. from seed companies in South Africa 
    Mandiriza, G.; Kritzinger, Quenton; Aveling, T.A.S. (Terry) (International Society for Horticultural Science, 2018-06)
    Seed-borne pathogens found on brassica seeds can cause significant reduction in crop productivity and quality. In this study, seed health tests and germination of brassica seeds collected from several seed companies in ...
  • Seed treatment with selected plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria increases maize yield in the field 
    Breedt, Gerhard; Labuschagne, Nico; Coutinho, Teresa A. (Wiley, 2017-09)
    Maize, Zea mays is the most important grain crop in South Africa and is a staple food in many African countries. The beneficial effects of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on crop growth and yield have been well ...
  • Seed-borne Fusarium pathogens in agricultural crops 
    Blanco, R.; Aveling, T.A.S. (Terry) (International Society for Horticultural Science, 2018-06)
    Diseases caused by Fusarium spp. occur worldwide throughout all production areas of edible and ornamental plants as well as tree plantations. Fusarium spp. cause yield losses of up to 80% in both field- and greenhouse-grown ...
  • Seiridium (Sporocadaceae) : an important genus of plant pathogenic fungi 
    Bonthond, G.; Sandoval-Denis, M.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Crous, Pedro W. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 2018-01-09)
    The genus Seiridium includes multiple plant pathogenic fungi well-known as causal organisms of cankers on Cupressaceae. Taxonomically, the status of several species has been a topic of debate, as the phylogeny of the genus ...
  • Selection of Pinus spp. in South Africa for tolerance to infection by the pitch canker fungus 
    Mitchell, R.G. (Richard Glen); Wingfield, Michael J.; Hodge, G.R.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Coutinho, Teresa A. (Springer, 2012-07)
    The increasing threats from pests and diseases demand that the South African forest industry explores options to deploy alternative pine species in plantation development. This is especially true for species, such as ...
  • Selective feeding behaviors illuminate patterns of sap beetle associations with ophiostomatoid fungi 
    Mbenoun, Michael; Wingfield, Michael J.; Misse, Alain C.; Roux, Jolanda (Springer, 2020-07)
    Sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) are commonly associated with ophiostomatoid fungi, especially those belonging to the family Ceratocystidaceae. This coexistence of insects and fungi, usually on tree wounds, offers the ...
  • SeqCode : a nomenclatural code for prokaryotes described from sequence data 
    Hedlund, Brian P.; Chuvochina, Maria; Hugenholtz, Philip; Konstantinidis, Konstantinos T.; Murray, Alison E.; Palmer, Marike; Parks, Donovan H.; Probst, Alexander J.; Reysenbach, Anna-Louise; Rodriguez-R, Luis M.; Rossello-Mora, Ramon; Sutcliffe, Iain C.; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Whitman, William B. (Nature Research, 2022-10)
    Most prokaryotes are not available as pure cultures and therefore ineligible for naming under the rules and recommendations of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP). Here we summarize the development ...
  • SeqCode facilitates naming of South African rhizobia left in limbo 
    Van Lill, Melandre; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Muema, Esther K.; Palmer, Marike; Chan, Wai Yin; Beukes, Chrizelle W.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Elsevier, 2024-05)
    South Africa is well-known for the diversity of its legumes and their nitrogen-fixing bacterial symbionts. However, in contrast to their plant partners, remarkably few of these microbes (collectively referred to as rhizobia) ...