Browsing Research Articles (Genetics) by UP Author "McTaggart, Alistair R."

Browsing Research Articles (Genetics) by UP Author "McTaggart, Alistair R."

Sort by: Order: Results:

  • An artificial inoculation protocol for Uromycladium acaciae, cause of a serious disease of Acacia mearnsii in southern Africa 
    Fraser, Stuart; McTaggart, Alistair R.; Chan, Julian Moreno; Nxumalo, Thobile; Shuey, Louise S.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Roux, Jolanda (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2019)
    Uromycladium acaciae is the cause of a severe wattle rust epidemic in plantations of Acacia mearnsii (black wattle) in southern Africa. Research on the biology of this damaging rust is assisting in the development of control ...
  • Chromium sequencing : the doors open for genomics of obligate plant pathogens 
    McTaggart, Alistair R.; Duong, Tuan A.; Le, Vang Quy; Shuey, Louise S.; Smidt, Werner; Naidoo, Sanushka; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Future Medicine, 2018-11)
    It is challenging to sequence and assemble genomes of obligate plant pathogens and microorganisms because of limited amounts of DNA, comparatively large genomes and high numbers of repeat regions. We sequenced the 1.2 ...
  • Fungal clones win the battle, but recombination wins the war 
    André Drenth; McTaggart, Alistair R.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (International Mycological Association, 2019-10-29)
    Clonal reproduction is common in fungi and fungal-like organisms during epidemics and invasion events. The success of clonal fungi shaped systems for their classification and some pathogens are tacitly treated as asexual. We ...
  • The pandemic strain of Austropuccinia psidii causes myrtle rust in New Zealand and Singapore 
    Du Plessis, Erika Margarete; Granados, Ginna Marcela; Barnes, Irene; Ho, W.H.; Alexander, B.J.R.; Roux, Jolanda; McTaggart, Alistair R. (Springer, 2019-05)
    The myrtle rust pathogen, Austropuccinia psidii, was recently detected in New Zealand and Singapore. We used microsatellite markers to identify the strain of A. psidii that caused these incursions. Our results show that ...
  • 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 ...
  • Sexual reproduction in populations of Austropuccinia psidii 
    McTaggart, Alistair R.; Du Plessis, Esna; Roux, Jolanda; Barnes, Irene; Fraser, Stuart; Granados, Ginna Marcela; Ho, Wellcome W.H.; Shuey, Louise S.; Drenth, Andre (Springer, 2020-02)
    Austropuccinia psidii is a rust fungus that has expanded its known geographic distribution and host range on Myrtaceae. Invasions by rust fungi are often caused by asexual urediniospores that give rise to populations with ...