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Browsing Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) by Type "Preprint Article"
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Swart, Velushka; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Ridenour, John B.; Bluhm, Burt H.; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Meyer, Jacobus Johannes Marion; Berger, David Kenneth
(American Phytopathological Society, 2017-09)
Gray leaf spot (GLS), caused by the sibling species Cercospora zeina or Cercospora zeae-maydis, is cited as one of the most important diseases threatening global maize production. C. zeina fails to produce cercosporin in ...
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Lu, Min; Wingfield, Michael J.; Gillette, Nancy E.; Mori, Sylvia R.; Sun, Jiang-Hua
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-08)
Recent studies have investigated the relationships between pairs or groups of exotic species to illustrate invasive mechanisms, but most have focused on interactions at a single trophic level. Here, we conducted pathogenicity ...
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Ofoegbu, Chidiebere; Chirwa, Paxie W.; Francis, J.; Babalola, Folaranmi Dapo
(Commonwealth Forestry Association, 2016-09)
The perceptions of forest-based communities in Vhembe District of South Africa were
examined. Special attention in this study was paid to the following aspects of climate change:
socio-cultural issues, views and awareness, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Onkendi, Edward Makori; Maluleke, L.N.; Moleleki, Lucy Novungayo
(American Phytopathological Society, 2014-05)
No abstract
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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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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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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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Twiddy, Dee Ingrid; Fell, Shawn; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Fourie, Gerda
(American Phytopathological Society, 2021-04)
The polyphagous shothole borer (Euwallacea fornicatus, PSHB), an ambrosia beetle, with its fungal symbiont, Fusarium euwallaceae, is responsible for Fusarium dieback (FD) in a wide range of woody hosts. In 2019, the first ...
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Roux, Jolanda; Solheim, Halvor; Nkuekam, Gilbert Kamgan; Wingfield, Michael J.
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014-04)
A survey to identify ophiostomatoid fungi that infect wounds on native Norwegian and Swedish broadleaved trees was undertaken during
summer 2004. A fungus resembling a species of Sporendocladia was commonly isolated from ...
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Onkendi, Edward Makori; Kariuki, G.M.; Marais, M.; Moleleki, Lucy Novungayo
(Wiley, 2014-08)
Meloidogyne species pose a significant threat to crop production in Africa due to the losses they cause in a wide range of
agricultural crops. The direct and indirect damage caused by various Meloidogyne species results ...