Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Genetics
Oberholster (Botha), A-M
BSc, BSc (Hons), MSc(PU vir CHO), PhD(UV) - Professor
NRF Rating: C2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3945
Fax number: 012 420 3947
E-mail address: ambothao@postino.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Molecular genetics of eucalyptus and pines
Host resistance in cereals
Forest biotechnology
Sustainable insect management
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Beyene Y, Oberholster (Botha) A-M, Myburg AA: 2005. A comparative study of molecular and morphological methods of describing genetic relationships in traditional Ethiopian highland maize. African Journal of Biotechnology, 4 (7) / Jul, pp 586-595.
Oberholster P J, Oberholster (Botha) A-M, Muller K, Cloete TE: 2005. Assessment of the genetic diversity of geographically unrelatedMicrocystis aeruginosastrains using amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs). African Journal of Biotechnology, 4 (5) / May, pp 389-399.
Oberholster P J, Oberholster (Botha) A-M, Cloete TE: 2005. An overview of toxic freshwater cyanobacteria in South Africa with special reference to risk, impact and detection by molecular marker tools. Biokemistri, 17 (2), pp 57-71.
Oberholster (Botha) A-M, Lacock L, van Niekerk C, Matsioloko MT, du Preez F, Loots S, Venter E, Kunert KJ, Cullis C: 2005. Is photosynthetic transcriptional regulation inTriticum aestivumL. cv. 'TugelaDN' a contributing factor for tolerance toDiuraphis noxia(Homoptera: Aphididae)?. Plant Cell Reports, 25 (1) / Nov, pp 41-54.
van der Merwe M, van Wyk AE, Oberholster (Botha) A-M: 2005. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Eugenia L. (Myrtaceae), with emphasis on southern African taxa. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 251 (1), pp 21-34.
Bornman CH, Devillard C, Pavlica M, Oberholster (Botha) A-M: 2005. Protoplasts allow tracking of early somatic embryo development in the conifer. South African Journal of Botany, 71 (3&4) / Feb, pp 359-366.
Beyene Y, Oberholster (Botha) A-M, Myburg AA: 2005. Phenotypic diversity for morphological and agronomic traits in traditional Ethiopian highland maize accessions. South African Journal of Plant and Soil/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Plant en Grond, 22 (2) / Oct, pp 100-105.
Oberholster P J, Oberholster (Botha) A-M, Cloete TE: 2005. Using a battery of bioassays, benthic phytoplankton and the AUSRIVAS method to monitor long-term coal tar contaminated sediment in the Cache la Poudre River, Colorado. Water Research, 39 (20) / Dec, pp 4913-4924.
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