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Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI): Recent submissions

  • Characterization of the Fusarium circinatum biofilm environmental response role 
    Ratsoma, Manchela Francinah; Mokoena, Nthabiseng Z.; Santana, Quentin C.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Motaung, Thabiso Eric (Wiley, 2024-04)
    The capacity to form biofilms is a common trait among many microorganisms present on Earth. In this study, we demonstrate for the first time that the fatal pine pitch canker agent, Fusarium circinatum, can lead a biofilm-like ...
  • Understanding cargo sorting and interactive effects of membrane vesicles in fungal phytopathogens : current knowledge and research gaps 
    Ratsoma, Manchela Francinah; Santana, Quentin C.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Motaung, Thabiso Eric (Elsevier, 2025-03)
    Organisms from all kingdoms of life release membrane vesicles, which are tiny, spherical structures made of a lipid bilayer. These vesicles carry out several functions, such as forming new cell membranes, removing waste ...
  • Regional adaptation of integrated pest management to control invasive forest insects 
    Stastny, Michael; Corley, Juan C.; Allison, Jeremy D. (Wiley, 2025)
    Globalization is increasing the threat of invasive forest insects to ecosystems. Control efforts against the same pest species progressively occur across distant jurisdictions as integrated pest management (IPM) programs ...
  • Unlocking wheat drought tolerance : the synergy of omics data and computational intelligence 
    Le Roux, Marlon-Schylor L.; Kunert, Karl J.; Cullis, Christopher A.; Botha, Anna-Maria (Wiley, 2024-11)
    Currently, approximately 4.5 billion people in developing countries consider bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) as a staple food crop, as it is a key source of daily calories. Wheat is, therefore, ranked the second most ...
  • Fungal pathogens on Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) and French broom (Genista monspessulana) from Chile 
    Balocchi, Felipe; Sanfuentes, Eugenio A. (Wiley, 2024-12)
    Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) and French broom (Genista monspessulana) are two woody legumes native to Europe and North Africa that have become invasive in different countries around the world. In Chile, they are among ...
  • Evaluation of pheromone lures, trap designs and placement heights for monitoring the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in maize fields of Kenya 
    Sisay, Birhanu; Subramanian, Sevgan; Weldon, Christopher William; Kruger, Kerstin; Khamis, Fathiya Mbarak; Tefera, Tadele; Torto, Baldwyn; Tamiru, Amanuel (Elsevier, 2024-02)
    The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), is a damaging crop pest that has recently invaded and established across Africa from its native tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. To develop ...
  • Identification and characterization of mycoviruses in transcriptomes from the fungal family ceratocystidaceae 
    Hough, Bianca; Wingfield, Michael J.; Read, David Alan (Springer, 2024-12)
    Mycoviruses pervade the fungal kingdom, yet their diversity within various fungal families and genera remains largely unexplored. In this study, 10 publicly available fungal transcriptomes from Ceratocystidaceae were ...
  • First report of Fusarium wilt and pink rot of Phoenix canariensis in South Africa 
    Balocchi, Felipe; Wingfield, Michael J.; Paap, Trudy (Wiley, 2024-12)
    Canary Island date palm, Phoenix canariensis, is a popular ornamental species commonly planted in urban areas worldwide, including South Africa. In November 2023, symptoms typical of Fusarium wilt were detected on ornamental ...
  • The effect of larval exposure to heavy metals on the gut microbiota composition of adult Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) 
    Singh, Ashmika; Misser, Shristi; Allam, Mushal; Chan, Wai Yin; Ismail, Arshad; Munhenga, Givemore; Oliver, Shüné V. (MDPI, 2024-10-21)
    Anopheles arabiensis is a highly adaptable member of the An. gambiae complex. Its flexible resting behaviour and diverse feeding habits make conventional vector control methods less effective in controlling this species. ...
  • Characterization of the tissue and strain-specific microbiota of Anopheles funestus giles (Diptera: Culicidae) 
    Chen, Chia-Yu; Chan, Wai Yin; Ismail, Arshad; Oliver, Shune V. (MDPI, 2024-04-13)
    The mosquito microbiota is a critical determinant of mosquito life history. It is therefore a target for novel vector control strategies like paratransgenesis. However, the microbiota in Anopheles funestus, a major African ...
  • Fungal species and mycotoxins associated with maize ear rots collected from the Eastern Cape in South Africa 
    Price, Jenna-Lee; Visagie, Cobus M.; Meyer, Hannalien; Yilmaz, Neriman (MDPI, 2024-02-08)
    Maize production in South Africa is concentrated in its central provinces. The Eastern Cape contributes less than 1% of total production, but is steadily increasing its production and has been identified as a priority ...
  • Known from trees and the tropics: new insights into the Fusarium lateritium species complex 
    Costa, M.M.; Sandoval-Denis, M.; Moreira, G.M.; Kandemir, H.; Kermode, A.; Buddie, A.G.; Ryan, M.J.; Becker, Y.; Yurkov, A.; Maier, W.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Pfenning, L.H.; Crous, Pedro W. (Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, 2024-09-26)
    The Fusarium lateritium species complex (FLSC) currently comprises 11 phylogenetic species, including accepted names such as F. lateritium, F. sarcochroum, and F. stilboides, which have mostly been reported in association ...
  • What are the 100 most cited fungal genera? 
    Bhunjun, C.S.; Chen, Y.J.; Phukhamsakda, C.; Boekhout, T.; Groenewald, J.Z.; McKenzie, E.H.C.; Francisco, E.C.; Frisvad, J.C.; Groenewald, M.; Hurdeal, V.G.; Luangsa-ard, J.; Perrone, G.; Visagie, Cobus M.; Bai, F.Y.; Błaszkowski, J.; Braun, U.; De Souza, F.A.; De Queiroz, M.B.; Dutta, A.K.; Gonkhom, D.; Goto, B.T.; Guarnaccia, V.; Hagen, F.; Houbraken, J.; Lachance, M.A.; Li, J.J.; Luo, K.Y.; Magurno, F.; Mongkolsamrit, S.; Robert, V.; Roy, N.; Tibpromma, S.; Wanasinghe, D.N.; Wang, D.Q.; Wei, D.P.; Zhao, C.L.; Aiphuk, W.; Ajayi-Oyetunde, O.; Arantes, T.D.; Araujo, J.C.; Begerow, D.; Bakhshi, M.; Barbosa, R.N.; Behrens, F.H.; Bensch, K.; Bezerra, J.D.P.; Bilanski, P.; Bradley, C.A.; Bubner, B.; Burgess, T.I.; Buyck, B.; Cadez, N.; Cai, L.; Calaca, F.J.S.; Campbell, L.J.; Chaverri, P.; Chen, Y.Y.; Chethana, K.W.T.; Coetzee, B.; Costa, M.M.; Chen, Q.; Custodio, F.A.; Dai, Y.C.; Damm, U.; Santiago, A.L.C.M.A.; De Miccolis Angelini, R.M.; Dijksterhuis, J.; Dissanayake, A.J.; Doilom, M.; Dong, W.; Alvarez-Duarte, E.; Fischer, M.; Gajanayake, A.J.; Gene, J.; Gomdola, D.; Gomes, A.A.M.; Hausner, G.; He, M.Q.; Hou, L.; Iturrieta-Gonzalez, I.; Jami, F.; Jankowiak, R.; Jayawardena, R.S.; Kandemir, H.; Kiss, L.; Kobmoo, N.; Kowalski, T.; Landi, L.; Lin, C.G.; Liu, J.K.; Liu, X.B.; Loizides, M.; Luangharn, T.; Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N.; Makhathini Mkhwanazi, G.J.; Manawasinghe, I.S.; Marin-Felix, Y.; McTaggart, A.R.; Moreau, P.A.; Morozova, Q.V.; Mostert, L.; Osiewacz, H.D.; Pem, D.; Phookamsak, R.; Pollastro, S.; Pordel, A.; Poyntner, C.; Phillips, A.J.L.; Phonemany, M.; Promputtha, I.; Rathnayaka, A.R.; Rodrigues, A.M.; Romanazzi, G.; Rothmann, L.; Salgado-Salazar, C.; Sandoval-Denis, M.; Saupe, S.J.; Scholler, M.; Scott, P.; Shivas, R.G.; Silar, P.; Silva-Filho, A.G.S.; Souza-Motta, C.M.; Spies, C.F.J.; Stchigel, A.M.; Sterflinger, K.; Summerbell, R.C.; Svetasheva, T.Y.; Takamatsu, S.; Theelen, B.; Theodoro, R.C.; Thines, M.; Thongklang, N.; Torres, R.; Turchetti, B.; Van den Brule, T.; Wang, X.W.; Wartchow, F.; Welti, S.; Wijesinghe, S.N.; Wu, F.; Xu, R.; Yang, Z.L.; Yilmaz, Neriman; Yurkov, A.; Zhao, L.; Zhao, R.L.; Zhou, N.; Hyde, K.D. (Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, 2024-06)
    The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they represent a major component of biodiversity ...
  • A review of recently introduced Aspergillus, Penicillium, Talaromyces and other Eurotiales species 
    Visagie, Cobus M.; Yilmaz, Neriman; Kocsube, S.; Frisvad, J.C.; Hubka, V.; Samson, R.A.; Houbraken, J. (Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, 2024-03)
    The order Eurotiales is diverse and includes species that impact our daily lives in many ways. In the past, its taxonomy was difficult due to morphological similarities, which made accurate identification of species ...
  • Cytospora : an important genus of canker pathogens 
    Lin, L.; Fan, X.L.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Jami, Fahimeh; Wingfield, Michael J.; Voglmayr, H.; Jaklitsch, W.; Castlebury, L.A.; Tian, C.M.; Crous, Pedro W. (Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, 2024-09-18)
    Cytospora species have commonly been reported as important plant pathogenic fungi with wide host ranges and geographic distributions. With the increase in the number of cryptic species being described, a comprehensive ...
  • Genomic characterization of novel viruses associated with Olea europaea L. in South Africa 
    Read, David Alan; Pietersen, Gerhard; Slippers, Bernard; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Springer, 2024-10)
    South Africa has a small but growing olive industry. Until now, no virological research has been carried out on this crop locally. Seventeen samples were collected from various olive cultivars from a single producer in ...
  • First report of the giant conifer aphid, Cinara pinivora (Wilson) and the Monterey pine aphid, Essigella californica (Essig) (Hemiptera : Aphididae) in South Africa 
    Makunde, Privilege Tungamirai; Slippers, Bernard; Hurley, Brett Phillip (Taylor and Francis, 2024)
    Pine aphids represent a significant group of insect pests in coniferous ecosystems worldwide. To assess pine aphid prevalence and potentially new introductions in South Africa, aphid samples from various pine-growing ...
  • Wide variation in aggressiveness and growth in South African Fusarium circinatum isolates with geographical origin as the primary determinant 
    Swalarsk-Parry, Benedicta S.; De Vos, Lieschen; Fru, Felix Fon; Santana, Quentin C.; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Herron, Darryl A.; Ramaswe, J.B.; Dewing, Claudette; Sayari, Mohammad; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Van Wyk, Stephanie; Lane, Frances Alice; Wilson, Andi M.; Adegeye, O.O.; Soal, Nicole; Price, Jenna-Lee; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Taylor and Francis, 2024-09-27)
    Fusarium circinatum is a globally important fungal pathogen that causes pitch canker on a wide range of Pinus species. In this study, we considered mycelial growth in culture and aggressiveness of a South African ...
  • Effects of semiochemical pre-feeding, physiological state, and weather on the response of Bactrocera dorsalis to methyl eugenol baited traps 
    Pogue, Tania; Malod, Kevin; Weldon, Christopher William (Elsevier, 2025-02)
    Plant-derived phenylpropanoids are semiochemicals that are often highly attractive to Bactrocera (Diptera: Tephritidae) males. One of these semiochemicals, methyl eugenol (ME), is used in the male annihilation technique ...
  • Responses of Megacyllene andesiana and Oreodera bituberculata (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) to anti-2,3-hexanediol, fuscumol, and fuscumol acetate in Peru 
    Aguirre-Gil, O.J. (Oniel); Paredes-Espinosa, Richard; Egoávil-Jump, Giannfranco; Allison, Jeremy D. (Cambridge University Press, 2024-09)
    Management of phytosanitary and biosecurity risks associated with the Cerambycidae focuses on prevention and early detection. Semiochemical-baited traps are an important component of these management efforts. Cerambycid ...