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

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  • Factors affecting pine pitch canker modelled on Michaelis–Menten kinetics 
    Hammerbacher, Almuth; Wright, Louwrance Peter; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Coutinho, Teresa A. (NRC Research Press, 2009)
    Fusarium circinatum Nirenberg and O’Donnell is an important pathogen of pine seedlings and cuttings in South Africa. The fungus causes plant death in nurseries, as well as during establishment of pine plantations. The aim ...
  • Factors facilitating sustainable scientific partnerships between developed and developing countries 
    Kunert, Karl J.; Botha, Anna-Maria; Oberholster, Paul Johan; Yocgo, Rosita; Chimwamurombe, Percy; Vorster, Juan; Foyer, Christine H. (Sage, 2020-09)
    International scientific partnerships are key to the success of strategic investments in plant science research and the farm-level adoption of new varieties and technologies, as well as the coherence of agricultural policies ...
  • Factors influencing infection of Acacia mearnsii by the wilt pathogen Ceratocystis albifundus in South Africa 
    Heath, R.N. (Ronald Natale); Van der Linde, Michael J. (Mike); Groeneveld, Hendrik T.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Roux, Jolanda (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-12)
    It is well known that species of Ceratocystis, which cause canker and wilt diseases on trees, require wounds for infection. In this regard, a number of physical and environmental factors influence the success of wound ...
  • Field phenotyping of soybean roots for drought stress tolerance 
    Fenta, Berhanu A.; Beebe, Stephen E.; Kunert, Karl J.; Burridge, James D.; Barlow, Kathryn M.; Lynch, Jonathan P.; Foyer, Christine H. (MDPI Publishing, 2014-08-13)
    Root architecture was determined together with shoot parameters under well watered and drought conditions in the field in three soybean cultivars (A5409RG, Jackson and Prima 2000). Morphology parameters were used to ...
  • Filamentous fungi and yeasts associated with mites phoretic on Ips typographus in Eastern Finland 
    Linnakoski, Riikka; Lasarov, Ilmeini; Veteli, Pyry; Tikkanen, Olli-Pekka; Viiri, Heli; Jyske, Tuula; Kasanen, Risto; Duong, Tuan A.; Wingfield, Michael J. (MDPI, 2021-06-04)
    The European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) has become a major forest pest in Finland in recent years. The beetle is a well-known vector of mainly ophiostomatoid fungi causing bluestain of timber and pathogens that ...
  • Finding needles in haystacks : linking scientific names, reference specimens and molecular data for Fungi 
    Schoch, Conrad L.; Robbertse, Barbara; Robert, Vincent A.; Vu, Duong; Cardinali, Gianluigi; Irinyi, Laszlo; Meyer, Wieland; Nilsson, R. Henrik; Hughes, Karen; Miller, Andrew N.; Kirk, Paul M.; Abarenkov, Kessy; Aime, M. Catherine; Ariyawansa, Hiran A.; Bidartondo, Martin; Boekhout, Teun; Buyck, Bart; Cai, Qing; Chen, Jie; Crespo, Ana; Crous, Pedro W.; Damm, Ulrike; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Dentinger, Bryn T.M.; Divakar, Pradeep K.; Duenas, Margarita; Feau, Nicolas; Fliegerova, Katerina; Garcıa, Miguel A.; Ge, Zai-Wei; Griffith, Gareth W.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Groenewald, Marizeth; Grube, Martin; Gryzenhout, Marieka; Gueidan, Cecile; Guo, Liangdong; Hambleton, Sarah; Hamelin, Richard; Hansen, Karen; Hofstetter, Valerie; Hong, Seung-Beom; Houbraken, Jos; Hyde, Kevin D.; Inderbitzin, Patrik; Johnston, Peter R.; Karunarathna, Samantha C.; Koljalg, Urmas; Kovacs, Gabor M.; Kraichak, Ekaphan; Krizsan, Krisztina; Kurtzman, Cletus P.; Larsson, Karl-Henrik; Leavitt, Steven; Letcher, Peter M.; Liimatainen, Kare; Liu, Jian-Kui; Lodge, Jean; Luangsa-ard, Janet Jennifer; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten; Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa S.N.; Manamgoda, Dimuthu; Martın, Marıa P.; Minnis, Andrew M.; Moncalvo, Jean-Marc; Mule, Giuseppina; Nakasone, Karen K.; Niskanen, Tuula; Olariaga, Ibai; Papp, Tamas; Petkovits, Tamas; Pino-Bodas, Raquel; Powell, Martha J.; Raja, Huzefa A.; Redecker, Dirk; Sarmiento-Ramirez, J.M.; Seifert, Keith A.; Shrestha, Bhushan; Stenroos, Soili; Stielow, Benjamin; Suh, Sung-Oui; Tanaka, Kazuaki; Tedersoo, Leho; Telleria, M. Teresa; Udayanga, Dhanushka; Untereiner, Wendy A.; Uribeondo, Javier Dieguez; Subbarao, Krishna V.; Vagvolgyi, Csaba; Visagie, Cobus M.; Voigt, Kerstin; Walker, Donald M.; Weir, Bevan S.; Weiß, Michael; Wijayawardene, Nalin N.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Xu, J.P.; Yang, Zhu L.; Zhang, Ning; Zhuang, Wen-Ying; Federhen, Scott (Oxford University Press, 2014)
    DNA phylogenetic comparisons have shown that morphology-based species recognition often underestimates fungal diversity. Therefore, the need for accurate DNA sequence data, tied to both correct taxonomic names and clearly ...
  • Fire impacts bacterial composition in Protea repens (Proteaceae) infructescences 
    Human, Zander Rainier; Roets, Francois; Crous, Casparus J.; Wingfield, Michael J.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas) (Oxford University Press, 2021-10)
    The diverse bacterial communities in and around plants provide important benefits, such as protection against pathogens and cycling of essential minerals through decomposition of moribund plant biomass. Biodiverse fynbos ...
  • First record of Colletogloeopsis zuluense comb. nov., causing a stem canker of Eucalyptus in China 
    Cortinas, Maria-Noel; Burgess, Treena I.; Dell, Bernard (Bernie); Xu, Daping; Crous, Pedro W.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Elsevier, 2006-02)
    Coniothyrium zuluense causes a serious canker disease of Eucalyptus in various parts of the world. Very little is known regarding the taxonomy of this asexual fungus, which was provided with a name based solely on morphological ...
  • First record of Quadrastichus mendeli, a parasitoid of Leptocybe invasa, in South Africa 
    Bush, Samantha J.; Dittrich-Schroder, Gudrun; Neser, S. (Stefanus), 1942-; Gevers, Caitlin R.; Baffoe, Kwabena O.; Slippers, Bernard; Hurley, Brett Phillip (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2018)
    Leptocybe invasa, the blue gum chalcid, is a well-known pest of Eucalyptus globally. Since it was first observed in the Mediterranean and Middle East in 2000, it has spread to other countries where Eucalyptus have been ...
  • First report of canker caused by Chrysoporthe austroafricana on the plantation-grown eucalypt Corymbia henryi in South Africa 
    Suzuki, Hiroyuki; Marincowitz, Seonju; Roux, Jolanda; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Oxford University Press, 2023-10)
    Species of Corymbia are increasingly being tested for plantation establishment in South Africa. During disease surveys in KwaZulu-Natal plantations in 2020, a serious canker disease was found on Corymbia henryi. The cankers ...
  • First report of Diplodia corticola in Greece on kermes oak (Quercus coccifera) 
    Tsopelas, Panaghiotis; Slippers, Bernard; Gonou-Zagou, Z.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-08)
    In 2007, symptoms of extensive branch and shoot dieback were observed on kermes oak (Q. coccifera) shrubs and trees in some localities in the Messinia prefecture of south western Peloponnese, Greece. The symptoms were more ...
  • First report of Dutch elm disease caused by Ophiostoma novo-ulmi in South Korea 
    Lee, Dong-Hyeon; Nam, Youngwoo; Wingfield, Michael J.; Park, Hyungcheol (MDPI, 2022-06-21)
    During a routine survey conducted in July 2021, several dead and dying Ulmus macrocarpa trees were observed in an urban forest located in the Gyeonggi Province of South Korea. The trees had symptoms of wilt with yellowing ...
  • First report of maize yellow mosaic virus (MaYMV) on maize (Zea mays) in Tanzania 
    Read, David Alan; Featherstone, Jonathan; Rees, David Jasper Gilbert; Thompson, Genevieve Dawn; Roberts, Ronel; Flett, Bradley Charles; Mashingaidze, Kingston; Berger, David Kenneth; Welgemoed, Tanya; Pietersen, Gerhard; Schulze, Susanna Elizabeth; Kiula, Barnabas Anthony; Kullaya, Alois; Mbega, Ernest (Springer, 2019-02)
    Maize yellow mosaic virus (MaYMV) has been reported from China, Ecuador, Brazil and Burkino Faso on maize since 2016 and appears to be an emerging virus with a wide global distribution. Thirty-five maize samples with varying ...
  • The first report of onion yellow dwarf virus infecting onion (Allium cepa) in Ethiopia 
    Abraham, Adane D.; Kidanemariam, Dawit B.; Holton, Timothy A. (Springer, 2023-05)
    No abstract available.
  • First report of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense causing soft rot and blackleg of potatoes in Kenya 
    Onkendi, Edward Makori; Maluleke, L.N.; Moleleki, Lucy Novungayo (American Phytopathological Society, 2014-05)
    No abstract
  • First report of phyllode rust on Acacia crassicarpa outside its native range 
    Wingfield, Michael J.; Marincowitz, Seonju; Barnes, Irene; Tarigan, Marthin; Solis, Myriam; Duran, Alvaro; Pham, N.Q. (Wiley, 2023-12)
    Acacia crassicarpa is a tropical tree species native to Australia, West Papua and Papua New Guinea, which has been widely used to establish plantations in the lowland humid tropics of Sumatra and Kalimantan. These trees, ...
  • First report of Phyllosticta citricarpa and description of two new species, P. paracapitalensis and P. paracitricarpa, from citrus in Europe 
    Guarnaccia, Vladimiro; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Li, H.; Glienke, C.; Carstens, E.; Hattingh, V.; Fourie, P.H.; Crous, Pedro W. (Elsevier, 2017-05-29)
    The genus Phyllosticta occurs worldwide, and contains numerous plant pathogenic, endophytic and saprobic species. Phyllosticta citricarpa is the causal agent of Citrus Black Spot disease (CBS), affecting fruits and leaves ...
  • First report of Teratosphaeria zuluensis causing stem canker of Eucalyptus grandis in Uganda 
    Jimu, L.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Mwenje, E.; Roux, Jolanda (Wiley, 2014-06)
    Teratosphaeria stem canker is one of the most important diseases to have emerged on nonnative plantation-grown Eucalyptus trees globally. In 2012, Eucalyptus grandis trees with typical Teratosphaeria stem canker symptoms ...
  • First report of the wattle rust pathogen, Uromycladium acaciae (Raveneliaceae, Pucciniales) in Ethiopia 
    Pham, Nam Q.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Marincowitz, Seonju; Tanga, Agena A.; Tiki, Kumela R.; Kassie, Weldesenbet B.; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Germishuizen, Ilaria; Lawson, Simon A.; Healey, Madaline A.; Wondafrash, Mesfin (Oxford University Press, 2024-04)
    Australian Acacia species are among the most important trees planted for wood and pulp production in several African countries, including Ethiopia. In 2020, symptoms of a serious shoot and leaf rust disease were observed ...
  • A first worldwide multispecies survey of invasive Mediterranean pine bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) 
    Faccoli, Massimo; Gallego, Diego; Branco, Manuela; Brockerhoff, Eckehard G.; Corley, Juan C.; Coyle, David R.; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Jactel, Herve; Lakatos, Ferenc; Lantschner, Victoria; Lawson, Simon; Martinez, Gonzalo; Gomez, Demian F.; Avtzis, Dimitrios (Springer, 2020-05)
    Several European and Mediterranean species of pine bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) have become established in North America and the southern hemisphere, posing a novel threat to planted and naturally-occurring ...