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  • Genomes of early-diverging streptophyte algae shed light on plant terrestrialization 
    Wang, Sibo; Li, Linzhou; Li, Haoyuan; Sahu, Sunil Kumar; Wang, Hongli; Xu, Yan; Xian, Wenfei; Song, Bo; Liang, Hongping; Cheng, Shifeng; Chang, Yue; Song, Yue; Cebi, Zehra; Wittek, Sebastian; Reder, Tanja; Peterson, Morten; Yang, Huanming; Wang, Jian; Melkonian, Barbara; Van de Peer, Yves; Xu, Xun; Wong, Gane Ka-Shu; Melkonian, Michael; Liu, Huan; Liu, Xin (Nature Research, 2020-02)
    Mounting evidence suggests that terrestrialization of plants started in streptophyte green algae, favoured by their dual existence in freshwater and subaerial/terrestrial environments. Here, we present the genomes of ...
  • Genomewide analysis of the lateral organ boundaries domain gene family in Eucalyptus grandis reveals members that differentially impact secondary growth 
    Lu, Qiang; Shao, Fenjuan; Macmillan, Colleen; Wilson, Iain W.; Van der Merwe, Karen; Hussey, Steven Grant; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Dong, Xiaomei; Qiu, Deyou (Wiley Open Access, 2018-01)
    Lateral Organ Boundaries Domain (LBD) proteins are plant-specific transcription factors playing crucial roles in growth and development. However, the function of LBD proteins in Eucalyptus grandis remains largely unexplored. ...
  • A genomic analysis and transcriptomic atlas of gene expression in Psoroptes ovis reveals feeding- and stage-specific patterns of allergen expression 
    Burgess, Stewart T.G.; Marr, Edward J.; Bartley, Kathryn; Nunn, Francesca G.; Down, Rachel E.; Weaver, Robert J.; Prickett, Jessica C.; Dunn, Jackie; Rombauts, Stephane; Van Leeuwen, Thomas; Van de Peer, Yves; Nisbet, Alasdair J. (BioMed Central, 2019)
    BACKGROUND : Psoroptic mange, caused by infestation with the ectoparasitic mite, Psoroptes ovis, is highly contagious, resulting in intense pruritus and represents a major welfare and economic concern for the livestock industry ...
  • Genomic and metabolomic analyses of the marine fungus Emericellopsis cladophorae: insights into saltwater adaptability mechanisms and its biosynthetic potential 
    Goncalves, Micael; Hilario, Sandra; Van de Peer, Yves; Esteves, Ana; Alves, Artur (MDPI, 2022-01)
    The genus Emericellopsis is found in terrestrial, but mainly in marine, environments with a worldwide distribution. Although Emericellopsis has been recognized as an important source of bioactive compounds, the range of ...
  • Genomic and transcriptomic analysis unveils population evolution and development of pesticide resistance in fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda 
    Gui, Furong; Lan, Tianming; Zhao, Yue; Guo, Wei; Dong, Yang; Fang, Dongming; Liu, Huan; Li, Haimeng; Wang, Hongli; Hao, Ruoshi; Cheng, Xiaofang; Li, Yahong; Yang, Pengcheng; Sahu, Sunil Kumar; Chen, Yaping; Cheng, Le; He, Shuqi; Liu, Ping; Fan, Guangyi; Lu, Haorong; Hu, Guohai; Dong, Wei; Chen, Bin; Jiang, Yuan; Zhang, Yongwei; Xu, Hanhong; Lin, Fei; Slippers, Bernard; Postma, Alisa; Jackson, Matthew; Abate, Birhan Addisie; Tesfaye, Kassahun; Demie, Aschalew Lemma; Bayeleygne, Meseret Destaw; Degefu, Dawit Tesfaye; Chen, Feng; Kuria, Paul K.; Kinyua, Zachary M.; Liu, Tong-Xian; Yang, Huanming; Huang, Fangneng; Liu, Xin; Sheng, Jun; Kang, Le (SpringerOpen, 2022-07)
    The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is a destructive pest native to America and has recently become an invasive insect pest in China. Because of its rapid spread and great risks in China, understanding of FAW ...
  • Genomic breeding for diameter growth and tolerance to Leptocybe gall wasp and Botryosphaeria/Teratosphaeria fungal disease complex in Eucalyptus grandis 
    Mphahlele, M.M. (Makobatjatji); Isik, Fikret; Hodge, Gary R.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew (Frontiers Media, 2021-02)
    Eucalyptus grandis is one of the most important species for hardwood plantation forestry around the world. At present, its commercial deployment is in decline because of pests and pathogens such as Leptocybe invasa gall ...
  • Genomic characterization of DArT markers based on high-density linkage analysis and physical mapping to the Eucalyptus genome 
    Petroli, Cesar D.; Sansaloni, Carolina P.; Carling, Jason; Steane, Dorothy A.; Vaillancourt, Rene E.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Da Silva Jr., Orzenil Bonfim; Pappas Jr., Georgios Joannis; Kilian, Andrzej; Grattapaglia, Dario (Public Library of Science, 2012-09-11)
    Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) provides a robust, high throughput, cost-effective method to query thousands of sequence polymorphisms in a single assay. Despite the extensive use of this genotyping platform for numerous ...
  • Genomic characterization of grapevine viruses N and O : novel vitiviruses from South Africa 
    Read, David Alan; Thompson, Genevieve Dawn; Le Cordeur, Nathan; Swanevelder, Dirk; Pietersen, Gerhard (Springer, 2022-02)
  • Genomic characterization of mating type loci and mating type distribution in two apparently asexual plantation tree pathogens 
    Aylward, Janneke; Havenga, Minette; Dreyer, Leanne Laurette; Roets, Francois; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Wiley, 2020-01)
    The Eucalyptus stem canker pathogens Teratosphaeria gauchensis and T. zuluensis (Capnodiales, Teratosphaeriaceae) are found in many tropical regions of the world where their hosts are cultivated for plantation forestry. ...
  • 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 ...
  • Genomic patterns of species diversity and divergence in Eucalyptus 
    Hudson, Corey J.; Freeman, Jules S.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Potts, Brad M.; Vaillancourt, Rene E. (Wiley, 2015-06)
    We examined genome-wide patterns of DNA sequence diversity and divergence among six species of the important tree genus Eucalyptus and investigated their relationship with genomic architecture. Using c. 90 range-wide ...
  • Genomic resources to guide improvement of the shea tree 
    Hale, Iago; Ma, Xiao; Melo, Arthur T.O.; Padi, Francis Kwame; Hendre, Prasad S.; Kingan, Sarah B.; Sullivan, Shawn T.; Chen, Shiyu; Boffa, Jean-Marc; Muchugi, Alice; Danquaah, Agyemang; Danquah, Agyemang; Barnor, Michael Teye; Jamnadass, Ramni; Van de Peer, Yves; Van Deynze, Allen (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2021-09-09)
    A defining component of agroforestry parklands across Sahelo-Sudanian Africa (SSA), the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) is central to sustaining local livelihoods and the farming environments of rural communities. Despite ...
  • Genomics of alkaliphiles 
    Lebre, Pedro H.; Cowan, Don A. (Springer, 2019)
    Alkalinicity presents a challenge for life due to a “reversed” proton gradient that is unfavourable to many bioenergetic processes across the membranes of microorganisms. Despite this, many bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes, ...
  • Genotyping acaricide resistance profiles of Rhipicephalus microplus tick populations from communal land areas of Zimbabwe 
    Sungirai, Marvelous; Baron, Samantha; Moyo, Doreen Zandile; De Clercq, Patrick; Maritz-Olivier, Christine; Madder, Maxime (Elsevier, 2018-01)
    Acaricide resistance is one of the greatest threats towards the successful control of vector ticks worldwide. Communal farmers of Zimbabwe use amitraz as the most common acaricide with occasional usage of pyrethroids and ...
  • Genotyping and comparative pathology of Spirocerca in black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) in South Africa 
    Bumpy, M.M.; Williams, Mark C.; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham; Lutermann, Heike; Fosgate, Geoffrey Theodore; De Waal, Pamela Jean; Mitha, Janishtha R.; Clift, Sarah Jane; Harrison-White, R. (BioMed Central, 2017-08-16)
    BACKGROUND : The pathology of spirocercosis, a disease caused by the infestation of carnivores with the nematode Spirocerca lupi, has been extensively described in domestic dogs and coyotes. However, it has not been ...
  • The Geobacillus pan-genome : implications for the evolution of the genus 
    Bezuidt, Keoagile Ignatius Oliver; Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Gomri, Amin M.; Adesioye, Fiyinfoluwa Adenike; Makhalanyane, Thulani P.; Kharroub, Karima; Cowan, Don A. (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2016-05-24)
    The genus Geobacillus is comprised of a diverse group of spore-forming Gram-positive thermophilic bacterial species and is well known for both its ecological diversity and as a source of novel thermostable enzymes. ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 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 ...