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Browsing Microbiology and Plant Pathology by Type "Preprint Article"
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Boughan, Shareen; Potgieter, A. Christiaan; Van Staden, Vida
(Society for General Microbiology, 2020-04)
African horse sickness virus (AHSV) is the causative agent of the often fatal disease African horse sickness in equids. The non-structural protein NS4 is the only AHSV protein that localizes to the nucleus. Here we report ...
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Muzhinji, Norman; Truter, Mariëtte; Woodhall, J.W.; Van der Waals, Jacqueline Elise
(American Phytopathological Society, 2015-12)
A survey of anastomosis groups (AGs) of Rhizoctonia species associated with potato diseases was
conducted in South Africa. A total of 112 Rhizoctonia solani and 19 binucleate Rhizoctonia (BNR)
isolates were recovered ...
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Reva, Oleg N.; Rademan, Sunelle; Visagie, M.H. (Michelle Helen); Lebelo, M.T. (Maphuti); Gwangwa, Mokgadi Violet; Klochko, Vitalii V.; Joubert, Anna Margaretha; Lall, Namrita
(Future Science, 2019)
AIM : To determine the computer-predicted anticancer activity of mupirocin and to compare its activities with those determined for another polyene antibiotic, batumin. MATERIALS AND METHODS : Molecular docking, cytotoxicity ...
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Ploetz, Randy C.; Hulcr, Jiri; Wingfield, Michael J.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm
(The American Phytopathological Society, 2013)
No abstract available.
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Muzhinji, Norman; Woodhall, J.W.; Truter, Mariëtte; Van der Waals, Jacqueline Elise
(American Phytopathological Society, 2014-04)
No Abstract
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New, S.A.; Van Heerden, S.W.; Pietersen, Gerhard; Esterhuizen, L.L.
(American Phytopathological Society, 2016)
No abstract available.
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Van der Waals, Jacqueline Elise; Pitsi, B.E. (Boitumelo Elijah); Marais, C.; Wairuri, Charles K.
(American Phytopathological Society, 2011-03)
In recent growing seasons, a new leaf blight was observed on potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) in various production regions in South Africa. Symptoms were observed before early blight, from 50-60 days after emergence of the ...
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Onkendi, Edward Makori; Maluleke, L.N.; Moleleki, Lucy Novungayo
(American Phytopathological Society, 2014-05)
No abstract
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Muzhinji, Norman; Van der Waals, Jacqueline Elise; Woodhall, J.W.; Truter, Mariëtte
(American Phytopathological Society, 2014-06)
No abstract available.
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Ngadze, Elizabeth; Coutinho, Teresa A.; Van der Waals, Jacqueline Elise
(American Phytopathological Society, 2010-10)
A survey was carried out in the potato- (Solarium tuberosum L.) growing
regions of Zimbabwe in April 2009 to assess the prevalence of bacterial
soft rot. A total of 125 tubers with soft rot symptoms were collected.
The ...
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Schulze, Azille; Roberts, Ronel; Pietersen, Gerhard
(American Phytopathological Society, 2017-05)
The potyvirus, Bean yellow mosaic virus (BYMV) is an economically important plant virus
which infects many leguminous crops (family Fabaceae) as well as members of the
Liliaceae. BYMV has been detected in South Africa ...
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Bakhshi, M.; Arzanlou, M.; Babai-ahari, A.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Crous, Pedro W.
(Magnolia Press, 2015-01)
Cercospora (Mycosphaerellaceae) is a large genus of fungi comprising many important plant pathogens. In recent years
DNA-based studies have revealed multiple genera of cercosporoid fungi being poly- and paraphyletic. Among ...
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Perez, Guillermo; Slippers, Bernard; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Hunter, Gavin Craig; Wingfield, Michael J.
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-05)
Sexual reproduction in fungi involves either a single individual (selfing) or two individuals (outcrossing). To investigate the roles that these two strategies play in the establishment of an invasive alien pathogen, the ...
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Hernandez-Restrepo, Margarita; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Crous, Pedro W.
(Magnolia Press, 2015-04)
Cordana leaf spot of banana is shown to be associated with several species of a new genus described here as Neocordana
gen. nov. Furthermore, Neocordana belongs to Pyriculariaceae (Magnaporthales) rather than Cordanaceae ...
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Mena-Portales, Julio; Hernandez-Restrepo, Margarita; Guarro, Josep; Minter, David W.; Gené, Josepa
(Borntraeger Science Publishers, 2016-11)
Four new species of Sporidesmium complex collected on plant debris in different protected areas of the Iberian Peninsula are described and illustrated. Penzigomyces basiacutus is characterized by its obclavate to rostrate ...
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Louw, Johannes Petrus; Korsten, Lise
(American Phytopathological Society, 2014-05)
Numerous Penicillium spp. have been associated with postharvest fruit spoilage. This study investigates pathogenicity and aggressiveness of selected Penicillium spp. previously isolated from South African and European Union ...
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Louw, Johannes Petrus; Korsten, Lise
(American Phytopathological Society, 2015-01)
Citrus fruit are exposed to numerous postharvest pathogens throughout
the fresh produce supply chain. Well-known postharvest citrus fruit
pathogens are Penicillium digitatum and P. italicum. Lesser-known
pathogens include ...
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Krokene, Paal; Roux, Jolanda; Solheim, Halvor; Wingfield, Michael J.
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-10)
The blue-stain fungus Ceratocystis resinifera colonizes wounds on living Picea spp. and other conifers in Europe and North America. Little is known regarding the pathogenicity of this fungus and consequently, four Norwegian ...
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Senganimalunje, T.C.; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo
(Commonwealth Forestry Association, 2015-09)
Adoption of participatory forest management has initiated the trend of transfer of access,
management and control of forest resources from government to committee based institutions.
Hence, understanding the institutional ...
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Wairuri, Charles K.; Van der Waals, Jacqueline Elise; Van Schalkwyk, Antoinette; Theron, Jacques
(American Phytopathological Society, 2012)
Type IV pili are virulence factors in various bacteria. Several subclasses of type IV pili have been described according to the characteristics of the structural prepilin subunit. Although type IVa pili have been implicated ...