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  • Ultrasound-assisted enzymatic extraction of orange peel pectinand its characterisation 
    Bosch, Ryan; Malgas, Samkelo (Wiley, 2023-12)
    Citrus processing waste (CPW) accumulates in vast amounts worldwide during fruit processing and its disposal through landfilling is environmentally damaging. However, CPW is also a renewable source of economically and ...
  • Mechanical egg activation and rearing of first instar larvae of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera : Siricidae) 
    Van der Merwe, Elmarie; Slippers, Bernard; Dittrich-Schroder, Gudrun (MDPI, 2023-12)
    Egg activation is a cellular transition of an arrested mature oocyte into a developing embryo through a coordinated series of events. Previous studies in Hymenoptera have indicated that mechanical pressure can induce egg ...
  • Fishing the targets of bioactive compounds from Psidium guajava L. leaves in the context of diabetes 
    Diaz-de-Cerio, Elixabet; Giron, Francisco; Perez-Garrido, Alfonso; Pereira, Andreia S.P.; Gabaldon-Hernandez, Jose Antonio; Verardo, Vito; Carretero, Antonio Segura; Perez-Sanchez, Horacio (MDPI, 2023-03)
    Psidium guajava L. (guava) leaves have demonstrated their in vitro and in vivo effect against diabetes mellitus (DM). However, there is a lack of literature concerning the effect of the individual phenolic compounds ...
  • Broad-scale genetic assessment of southern ground-hornbills (Bucorvus leadbeateri) to inform population management 
    Kemp, Lucy; Dalton, Desire L.; Mwale, Monica; Grobler, J. Paul; Madisha, M. Thabang; Van Wyk, Anna M.; Mokgokong, Prudent S.; Jansen, Raymond; Kotze, Antoinette (Elsevier, 2024-08)
    The Southern Ground-hornbill (SGH) (Bucorvus leadbeateri) is considered an umbrella species for biodiversity conservation in savannah biomes since they require large territories and significant protection measures that ...
  • Influence of soil phosphate on rhizobacterial performance in affecting wheat yield 
    Breedt, Gerhardus; Korsten, Lise; Gokul, Jarishma Keriuscia (Springer, 2024-05)
    As a primary nutrient in agricultural soils, phosphorus plays a crucial but growth-limiting role for plants due to its complex interactions with various soil elements. This often results in excessive phosphorus fertilizer ...
  • The best of both worlds : no apparent trade-off between immunity and reproduction in two group-living African mole-rat species 
    Wallace, Kyra Mary Elizabeth; Hart, D.W. (Daniel); Venter, Francois; Janse van Vuuren, Andries K.; Bennett, Nigel C. (Royal Society, 2023-08)
    Co-operatively breeding mammals often exhibit a female reproductive skew and suppression of the subordinate non-breeding group members. According to evolutionary theory and the immunity–fertility axis, an inverse relationship ...
  • Efficacy of commercially available entomopathogenic agents against the polyphagous shot hole borer in South Africa 
    Nel, Wilma Janine; Slippers, Bernard; Wingfield, Michael J.; Yilmaz, Neriman (MDPI, 2023-04)
    The invasive ambrosia beetle, Euwallacea fornicatus, was first reported in South Africa in 2018. The beetle has now spread to eight provinces of the country and has had a devastating impact on both native and non-native ...
  • Extremophiles in a changing world 
    Cowan, Don A.; Albers, S.V.; Antranikian, G.; Atomi, H.; Averhoff, B.; Basen, M.; Driessen, A.J.M.; Jebbar, M.; Kelman, Z.; Kerou, M.; Littlechild, J.; Müller, V.; Schönheit, P.; Siebers, B.; Vorgias, K. (Springer, 2024-04)
    Extremophiles and their products have been a major focus of research interest for over 40 years. Through this period, studies of these organisms have contributed hugely to many aspects of the fundamental and applied sciences, ...
  • Invasion of an Afrotemperate forest complex by the polyphagous shot hole borer beetle 
    Townsend, Garyn; Van Rooyen, Elmar; Hill, Martin; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Roets, Francois (Wiley, 2024-04)
    The polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB), Euwallacea fornicatus Eichhoff (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), is a significant tree-killing pest recently introduced into South Africa. Many native trees in urban settings ...
  • New Resinogalea species from Araucaria araucana resin in Chile and reclassification of the genus in the Cryptocaliciomycetidae 
    Balocchi, Felipe; Barnes, Irene; Wingfield, Michael J.; Ahumada, Rodrigo; Visagie, Cobus M. (BMC, 2023-08)
    Araucaria araucana is an ancient conifer, native to the mountain ranges in Chile and Argentina. These trees host a large number of organisms, mainly insects, strongly or even exclusively associated with them. The recent ...
  • Interplay of intracellular and trans-cellular DNA methylation in natural archaeal consortia 
    Reva, Oleg N.; La Cono, Violetta; Crisafi, Francesca; Smedile, Francesco; Mudaliyar, Manasi; Ghosal, Debnath; Giuliano, Laura; Krupovic, Mart; Yakimov, Michail M. (Wiley, 2024-04)
    DNA methylation serves a variety of functions across all life domains. In this study, we investigated archaeal methylomics within a tripartite xylanolytic halophilic consortium. This consortium includes Haloferax lucertense ...
  • Expanding Antarctic biogeography : microbial ecology of Antarctic island soils 
    Lebre, Pedro H.; Bosch, Jason; Coclet, Clement; Hallas, Rebecca; Hogg, Ian D.; Johnson, Jenny; Moon, Katherine L.; Ortiz, Maximiliano; Salawu-Rotimi, Adeola; Stevens, Mark I.; Varliero, Gilda; Convey, Peter; Vikram, Surendra; Chown, Steven L.; Cowan, Don A. (Wiley, 2023-09)
    The majority of islands surrounding the Antarctic continent are poorly characterized in terms of microbial macroecology due to their remote locations, geographical isolation and access difficulties. The 2016/2017 Antarctic ...
  • Hybridization in an isolated population of blesbok and red hartebeest 
    Van Wyk, Anna M.; Schulze, Erika; Labuschagne, Kim; Thamae, Seeng; Kotze, Antoinette; Dalton, Desire Lee (Wiley, 2024-04)
    Hybridization in antelope species has been widely reported in South African national parks and provincial reserves as well as on private land due to anthropogenic effects. In a closed management setting, hybridization may ...
  • Rhizosphere bacterial interactions and impact on plant health 
    Chepsergon, Jane; Moleleki, Lucy N. (Elsevier, 2023-06)
    The rhizosphere is a chemically complex environment that harbors a strikingly diverse microbial community. The past few decades have seen a rapid growth in the body of literature on plant–microbe–microbe interactions ...
  • “Order from disordered” : potential role of intrinsically disordered regions in phytopathogenic oomycete intracellular effector proteins 
    Chepsergon, Jane; Moleleki, Lucy N. (Elsevier, 2023-10)
    There is a continuous arms race between pathogens and their host plants. However, successful pathogens, such as phytopathogenic oomycetes, secrete effector proteins to manipulate host defense responses for disease ...
  • Ocean warming favours a northern Argyrosomus species over its southern congener, whereas preliminary metabolic evidence suggests that hybridization may promote their adaptation 
    Pringle, Brett A.; Duncan, Murray I.; Winkler, Alexander C.; Mafwila, Samuel; Jagger, Charmaine; McKeown, Niall J.; Shaw, Paul W.; Henriques, Romina; Potts, Warren M. (Oxford University Press, 2023-01)
    Anthropogenic-induced climate change is having profound impacts on aquatic ecosystems, and the resilience of fish populations will be determined by their response to these impacts. The northern Namibian coast is an ocean ...
  • Seagrass genomes reveal ancient polyploidy and adaptations to the marine environment 
    Ma, Xiao; Vanneste, Steffen; Chang, Jiyang; Ambrosino, Luca; Barry, Kerrie; Bayer, Till; Bobrov, Alexander A.; Boston, LoriBeth; Campbell, Justin E.; Chen, Hengchi; Chiusano, Maria Luisa; Dattolo, Emanuela; Grimwood, Jane; He, Guifen; Jenkins, Jerry; Khachaturyan, Marina; Marin-Guirao, Lazaro; Mesterhazy, Attila; Muhd, Danish-Daniel; Pazzaglia, Jessica; Plott, Chris; Rajasekar, Shanmugam; Rombauts, Stephane; Ruocco, Miriam; Scott, Alison; Tan, Min Pau; Van de Velde, Jozefien; Vanholme, Bartel; Webber, Jenell; Wong, Li Lian; Yan, Mi; Sung, Yeong Yik; Novikova, Polina; Schmutz, Jeremy; Reusch, Thorsten B.H.; Procaccini, Gabriele; Olsen, Jeanine L.; Van de Peer, Yves (Nature Research, 2024-03)
    We present chromosome-level genome assemblies from representative species of three independently evolved seagrass lineages: Posidonia oceanica, Cymodocea nodosa, Thalassia testudinum and Zostera marina. We also include a ...
  • Urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services 
    Eldridge, David J.; Cui, Haiying; Ding, Jingyi; Berdugo, Miguel; Saez-Sandino, Tadeo; Duran, Jorge; Gaitan, Juan J.; Blanco-Pastor, Jose L.; Rodriguez, Alexandra; Plaza, Cesar; Alfaro, Fernando; Teixido, Alberto L.; Abades, Sebastian; Bamigboye, Adebola R.; Penaloza-Bojaca, Gabriel F.; Grebenc, Tine; Nahberger, Tine U.; Illan, Javier G.; Liu, Yu-Rong; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Rey, Ana; Siebe, Christina; Sun, Wei; Trivedi, Pankaj; Verma, Jay Prakash; Wang, Ling; Wang, Jianyong; Wang, Tianxue; Zaady, Eli; Zhou, Xiaobing; Zhou, Xin-Quan; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel (Nature Research, 2024-03)
    Greenspaces are important for sustaining healthy urban environments and their human populations. Yet their capacity to support multiple ecosystem services simultaneously (multiservices) compared with nearby natural ecosystems ...
  • Convergent and/or parallel evolution of RNA-binding proteins in angiosperms after polyploidization 
    Guo, Liangyu; Wang, Shuo; Jiao, Xi; Ye, Xiaoxue; Deng, Deyin; Liu, Hua; Li, Yan; Van de Peer, Yves; Wu, Wenwu (Wiley, 2024-05)
    Increasing studies suggest that the biased retention of stress-related transcription factors (TFs) after whole-genome duplications (WGDs) could rewire gene transcriptional networks, facilitating plant adaptation to challenging ...
  • Unexpected diversity in historical biological control programs: Population genetics of the nematode Deladenus siricidicola in Australia and New Zealand 
    Eshetu, Firehiwot Birhane; Barnes, Irene; Nahrung, Helen F.; Fitza, Katrin N.E.; Meurisse, Nicolas; Slippers, Bernard (Elsevier, 2023-05)
    The nematode Deladenus siricidicola is used for the biocontrol of the invasive woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, that infests Pinus globally. In New Zealand, D. siricidicola was accidentally introduced along with S. noctilio, after ...