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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology
Research articles in refereed specialist journals

Journal Title

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Select the first letter of the journal title from the alphabetical list.

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Gumbo RJ, Gumbo J, Ross G, Cloete TE: 2008. Biological control of Microcystis dominated harmful algal blooms. African Journal of Biotechnology, 7 (25), pp 4765-4773, Full Text

Domola MJ, Thompson GJ, Aveling TAS, Laurie S, Strydom H, van den Berg A: 2008. Sweet potato viruses in South Africa and the effect of viral infection on storage root yield. African Plant Protection, 14, pp 15-23, Full Text

Kamgan Nkuekam G, Jacobs K, de Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Roux J: 2008. Pesotum australi sp. nov. and Ophiostoma quercus associated with Acacia mearnsii trees in Australia and Uganda, respectively. Australasian Plant Pathology, 37, pp 406-416.

Nakabonge G, Burgess TI, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Roux J: 2008. Population structure of the fungal pathogen Holocryphia eucalypti in Australia and South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathology, 37, pp 154-161.

Perez CA, de Beer ZW, Altier NA, Wingfield MJ, Blanchette RA: 2008. Discovery of the eucalypt pathogen Quambalaria eucalypti infecting a non-Eucalyptus host in Uruguay. Australasian Plant Pathology, 37, pp 600-604.

Wingfield MJ, Hammerbacher A, Ganley RJ, Steenkamp ET, Gordon TR, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA: 2008. Pitch canker caused by Fusarium circinatum - a growing threat to pine plantations and forest worldwide. Australasian Plant Pathology, 37, pp 319-334.

B

Idris AH, Labuschagne N, Korsten L: 2008. Supression of Phythium ultimum root rot of sorghum by rhizobacterial isolates from Ethiopia and South Africa. Biological Control, 45, pp 72-84.

Saccaggi DL, Krüger K, Pietersen G: 2008. A multiplex PCR assay for the simultaneous identification of three mealybug species (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 98, pp 27-33, Full Text

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Theron J, Walker JA, Cloete TE: 2008. Nanotechnology and Water Treatment: Applications and Emerging Opportunities. Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 34, pp 43-69.

Silimela M, Korsten L: 2008. Evaluation of pre-harvest Bacillus licheniformis sprays to control mango fruit diseases. Crop Protection, 26, pp 1474-1481.

Sivakumar D, Arrebola E, Korsten L: 2008. Postharvest decay control and quality retention in litchi (cv. McLean's Red) by combined application of modified atmosphere packaging and antimicrobial agents. Crop Protection, 27, pp 1208-1214.

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Rupprecht CE, Barrett J, Briggs D, Cliquet F, Fooks AR, Lumlertdacha B, Meslin FX, Muller T, Nel LH, Schneider C, Tordo N, Wandeler AI: 2008. Can rabies be eradicated?. Developments in Biologicals, 131, pp 95-122.

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Botha EM, Markotter W, Wolfaardt M, Paweska JT, Swanepoel R, Palacios G, Nel LH, Venter M: 2008. Genetic Determinants of Virulence in Pathogenic Lineage 2 West Nile Virus Strains. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14 (2) / Feb, pp 222-230, Full Text

Briese T, Renwick N, Venter M, Jarman R G, Ghosh D, Köndgen S, Shrestha S, Hoegh A M, CASAS I, Adjogoua E V, Akoua-Koffi C, Myint K S, Williams D T, Chidlow G, Van den Bergh MM, Calvo C, Koch O, Palacios G, Kapoor V, Villari J, Dominguez S R, Holmes K V, Harnett G, Smith D, Mackenzie J S, Ellerbrok H, Schweiger B, Schonning K, Chadha M S, Leendertz F H, Mishra A C, Gibbons R V, Holmes E C, Lipkin WI: 2008. Global Distribution of Novel Rhinovirus Genotype. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14 (6) / Jun, pp 944-947, Full Text

Kuzmin IV, Niezgoda M, Franka R, Agwanda B, Markotter W, Beagley JC, Urazova OY, Breiman RF, Rupprecht CE: 2008. Possible Emergence of West Caucasian Bat Virus in Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14 (12) / Dec, pp 1887-1889, Full Text

Oberholster PJ, Botha AM, Cloete TE: 2008. Biological and chemical evaluation of sewage water pollution in the Rietvlei nature reserve wetland area, South Africa. Environmental Pollution, 156, pp 184-192.

Coetzee P, Weyer J, Paweska JT, Burt FJ, Markotter W, Nel LH: 2008. Use of a molecular epidemiological database to track human rabies case histories in South Africa. Epidemiology and Infection, 136 / Oct, pp 1270-1276, Full Text

Weyer J, Kuzmin IV, Rupprecht CE, Nel LH: 2008. Cross-protective and cross-reactive immune responses to recombinant vaccinia viruses expressing full-length lyssavirus glycoprotein genes. Epidemiology and Infection, 136 (5), pp 670-678, Full Text

Kvas M, Steenkamp ET, Al Adawi AO, Deadman ML, Al Jahwari AA, Marasas WFO, Wingfield BD, Ploetz RC, Wingfield MJ: 2008. Fusarium mangiferae associated with mango malformation in the Sultanate of Oman. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 121, pp 195-199, Full Text

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Kamgan NG, Jacobs K, de Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Roux J: 2008. Ceratocystis and Ophiostoma species, including three new taxa, associated with wounds on native South African trees. Fungal Diversity, 29, pp 37-59.

Lombard L, Bogale M, Montenegro F, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2008. A new bark canker disease of the tropical hardwood tree Cebrelinga cateniformis in Ecuador. Fungal Diversity, 31, pp 73-81.

Rodas CA, Roux J, Van Wyk M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2008. Ceratocystis neglecta sp. nov., infecting Eucalyptus trees in Colombia. Fungal Diversity, 28, pp 73-84.

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Ross G, Hagseresht F, Cloete TE: 2008. The effect of pH and anoxia on the performance of Phoslock, a phosphorus binding clay. Harmful Algae, 7 (4), pp 545-550.

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De Graaf J, Govender P, Schoeman AS, Viljoen A: 2008. Efficacy of cultural control measures against the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), in South Africa. Journal of Applied Entomology, 132 (1), pp 36-44, Full Text

Kuzmin IV, Niezgoda M, Franka R, Agwanda B, Markotter W, Beagley JC, Urazova OY, Breiman RF, Rupprecht CE: 2008. Lagos bat virus in Kenya. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 46 (4) / Apr, pp 1451-1461, Full Text

Sivakumar D, Korsten L: 2008. Relating leaf nutrient status to fruit quality attributes in Litchi cv. 'Mauritius'. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 30, pp 1727-1735.

Sivakumar D, Naudé Y, Rohwer ER, Korsten L: 2008. Volatile compounds, quality attributes, mineral composition and pericarp structure of South African litchi export cultivars Mauritius and McLean's Red. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 88 / Mar, pp 1074-1081.

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de Wet J, Slippers B, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2008. Phylogeny of the Botryosphaeriaceae reveals patterns of host association. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 46 (1), pp 116-126.

Steenkamp ET, Stepkowski TT, Przymusiak A, Botha WJ, Law I: 2008. Cowpea and peanut in southern Africa are nodulated by diverse Bradyrhizobium strains harboring nodulation genes that belong to the large pantropical clade common in Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 48, pp 1131-1144.

Pavlic D, Wingfield MJ, Barber P, Slippers B, St J Hardy GE, Burgess TI: 2008. Seven new species of the Botryosphaeriaceae from baobab and other native trees in Western Australia. Mycologia, 100 (6), pp 851-866.

de Meyer EM, de Beer ZW, Summerbell RC, Moharram AM, de Hoog GS, Vismer HF, Wingfield MJ: 2008. Taxonomy and phylogeny of new wood- and soil-inhabiting Sporothrix species in the Ophiostoma stenoceras-Sporothrix schenckii complex. Mycologia, 100 (4), pp 647-661.

Linnakoski R, de Beer ZW, Rousi M, Niemela P, Pappinen A, Wingfield MJ: 2008. Fungi, including Ophiostoma karelicum sp. nov., associated with Scolytus ratzeburgi infesting birch in Finland and Russia. Mycological Research, 112, pp 1475-1488.

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Roets F, Dreyer LL, Wingfield MJ, Begerow D: 2008. Thecaphora capensis sp.nov., an unusual new anther smut on Oxalis in South Africa. Persoonia, 21, pp 147-152.

Marincowitz S, Groenewald JZ, Wingfield MJ, Crous PW: 2008. Species of Botryosphaeriaceae occurring on Proteaceae. Persoonia, 21, pp 111-118, Full Text

Ros B, Mohler V, Wenzel G, Thummler F: 2008. Phytophthora infestans-triggered response of growth- and defense-related genes in potato cultivars with different levels of resistance under the influence of nitrogen availability. Physiologia Plantarum, 133 (2), pp 386-396.

Sivakumar D, Zeeman K, Korsten L: 2008. Effect of a Biocontrol Agent (Bacillis subtilis) and Modified Atmosphere Packaging on Postharvest Decay Control and Quality Retention of Litchi During Storage. Phytoparasitica, 35 (5), pp 507-518.

de Wet J, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2008. Patterns of Multiple Virus Infections in the Conifer Pathogenic Fungi, Diplodia pinea and Diplodia scrobiculata. Phytopathology, 156, pp 725-731, Full Text

Young JM, Allen C, Coutinho TA, Denny T, Elphinstone J, Fegan M, Gottwald MG, Graham JH, Iacobellis NS, Janse JD, Jacques M-A, Lopes MM, Parkinson N, Prior P, Pruvost O, Neto J Ro, Scortichini M, Upper YT: 2008. Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria as Biological Weapons - Real Threats?. Phytopathology, 98 (10) / Oct, pp 1060-1065.

Meyer JB, Kasdorf GGF, Nel LH, Pietersen G: 2008. Transmission of Activated-Episomal Banana streak OL (badna) virus (BSOLV) to cv. Williams Banana (Musa sp.) by three mealybug species. Plant Disease, 92 (8), pp 1158-1163.

Pietersen G, Idris AM, Krüger K, Brown JK: 2008. Characterization of tomato curly stunt virus: a new tomato-infecting begomovirus from South Africa. Plant Pathology, 57 (5), pp 809-818.

Duran A, Gryzenhout M, Slippers B, Ahumada R, Rotella A, Flores F, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2008. Phytophthora pinifolia sp. nov. associated with a serious needle disease of Pinus radiata in Chile. Plant Pathology, 57, pp 715-727, Full Text

Hunter GC, van der Merwe NA, Burgess TI, Carnegie AJ, Wingfield BD, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ: 2008. Global movement and population biology of Mycosphaerella nubilosa infecting leaves of cold-tolerant Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens. Plant Pathology, 57, pp 235-242, Full Text

Endah R, Beyene G, Kiggundu A, Van den Berg N, Schlüter U, Kunert KJ, Chikwamba R: 2008. Elicitor and Fusarium-induced expression of NPR1-like genes in banana. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 46 (11) / Nov, pp 1007-1014.

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van Marle-Köster E, Hefer CA, Nel LH, Groenen MAN: 2008. Genetic diversity and population structure of locally adapted South African chicken lines: Implications for conservation. South African Journal of Animal Science, 38 (4), pp 271-281, Full Text

Govender (Wyle) V, Aveling TAS, Kritzinger Q: 2008. The effect of traditional storage methods on germination and vigour of maize (Zea maysL.) from northern KwaZulu-Natal and southern Mozambique. South African Journal of Botany, 74, pp 190-196, Full Text

Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Roux J: 2008. Eucalypt pests and diseases: Growing threats to plantation productivity. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science, 70 (2), pp 139-144.

Sivakumar D, Korsten L: 2008. Litchi quality in the postharvest horticulture chain. Stewart Postharvest Review, 3 (2) / June, pp 1-6.

de Reuck K, Zeeman K, Korsten L: 2008. Postharvest hygiene management in the litchi export chain. Stewart Postharvest Review, 3 (1) / June, pp 1-6.

Brady C, Cleenwerck I, Venter SN, Vancanneyt M, Swings J, Coutinho TA: 2008. Phylogeny and identification of Pantoea species associated with plants, humans and the natural environment based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA). Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 31, pp 447-460, Full Text

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Sebeta CT, Shumba W, Mohale DK, Miyen JM, Wandeler AI, Nel LH: 2008. Mongoose rabies and the African civit in Zimbabwe. Veterinary Record, 8 / Nov, p. 580.

Markotter W, Kuzmin I, Rupprecht CE, Nel LH: 2008. Phylogeny of Lagos bat virus: Challenges for lyssavirus taxonomy. Virus Research, 135, pp 10-21.

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Austin A, Cloete TE: 2008. Safety Aspects of Handling and Using Fecal Material from Urine-Diversion Toilets - A Field Investigation. Water Environment Research, 80 (4) / Nov, pp 308-315.

Burke LM, Brözel VS, Venter SN: 2008. Construction and evaluation of a gfp-tagged Salmonella Typhimurium strain for environmental applications. Water SA, 34 (1) / Jan, pp 19-24, Full Text

du Preez M, le Roux W, Venter SN, Potgieter N: 2008. The genetic relatedness of E. coli associated with post-collection dringking water contamination in rural households. Water SA, 34 (1), pp 107-111, Full Text

Williams PJ, Surridge AKJ, Cloete TE: 2008. Microbial community study of the iron ore concentrate of the Sishen Iron Ore Mine, South Africa. World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology, pp 1-8, Full Text