Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology
Viljoen, A
BSc(Hons) PhD(UV) - Senior Lecturer
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3856
Fax number: 012 420 3960
E-mail address: altus.viljoen@fabi.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Panama disease of bananas
White rust of sunflower
Sustainable insect management
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Groenewald S, van den Berg N, Marasas WFO, Viljoen A: 2006. Biological, physiological and pathogenic variation in a genetically homogenous population of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.cubense. Australasian Plant Pathology, 35, pp 401-409.
Groenewald S, Van den Berg N, Marasas WFO, Viljoen A: 2006. The application of high-throughput AFLP's in assessing genetic diversity in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense. Mycological Research, 110, pp 297-305.
Athman SY, Dubois T, Viljoen A, Coyne D, Labuschagne N, Ragama P, Gold C, Niere B: 2006. In vitro antagonism of endophytic Fusarium oxysporum isolates against the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis. Nematology, 8 (4), pp 627-636.
Nel B, Steinberg C, Labuschagne N, Viljoen A: 2006. Isolation and characterization of nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum isolates from the rhizosphere of healthy banana plants. Plant Pathology, 55, pp 207-216.
Nel B, Steinberg C, Labuschagne N, Viljoen A: 2006. The potential of nonpathogenicFusarium oxysporum and other biological control organisms for suppressing fusarium wilt of banana. Plant Pathology, 55, pp 217-223.
Patents:
De Graaf J, Viljoen A: 2006. A novel procedure for the chemical treatment of the banana weevil borer, Cosmopolitus sordidus.
Munro C, Viljoen A: 2006. Molecular markers for the rapid detection of Mycosphaerella leaf pathogens of banana.
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