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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology

Postgraduate Student Research Projects 2008

Dissertations/Theses: [19]

Du Plessis E M: Development and evaluation of a reporter system for prokaryotic cells based on a secreted acid phosphatase from Staphylococcus aureus strain 154 (Prof J Theron, Dr ME Louw)

Govender (Wyle) V: Vigour of fungicide-treated and untreated maize seed following storage (Prof TAS Aveling)

Belgrove A: Biological control of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. Cubense using non-pathogenic F. oxysporum endophytes (Dr A Viljoen, Dr C Steinberg)

Botha EM: Molecular characterization of South African lineage II West Nile virus isolates and development of a diagnostic assay. (Prof LH Nel, Dr W Markotter, Dr M Venter, Dr J Paweska)

Britz G: Water quality of citrus packhouse dip tanks and the role and importance of Salmonella spp. in citrus export chain (Prof L Korsten, Prof SN Venter)

du Toit R-M: Identification of prevalent bacterial isolates and functional characterisation of microbial communities in paper-mill water systems (FW Wolfaardt, Ms MM Kock)

Fourie GM: Evolutionary biology of Fusarium oxysporum f.s.p. cubense (ET Steenkamp)

Greyling I: Pantoeaspp.associated with diseases of tucalyphus (Prof TA Coutinho, Prof SN Venter, Prof MJ Wingfield)

Halueendo KLME: Impact assessment of citrus black spot, Guignardia Citricarpa kiely, in southern Africa and an alternative approach in management strategies (Prof L Korsten)

Kalonji KM: Evaluation of three fungicides for control of soilborne diseases of lettuce seedlings (Prof TAS Aveling)

Kandolo SD: Effect of fungicide seed treatments on germination and vigour of maize seed (Prof TAS Aveling)

Munro C: Identification of defence-related genes in banana against Fusarium Wilt (Dr A Viljoen, Me N van den Berg)

Ngoepe CE: Molecular epidemiological study of canine rabies in the Free State province (South Africa) and Lesotho (Prof LH Nel)

Nieuwoudt MA: Silencing of African horse sickness virus NS2 gene expression using vector-derived short hairpin RNAs (Prof J Theron, Prof H Huismans)

Phalane FL: The diversity of root nodule bacteria associated with Lebeckia species in South Africa (Dr ET Steenkamp)

Singh N: Influence of fungal diversity and production of cellulolytic enzymes on decay of stored bagasse (FW Wolfaardt)

Tarigan M: Ceratocystis spp. and Botryosphaeriaceae on plantation Acacia species in Central Sumatra, Indonesia (Prof MJ Wingfield)

Van Eeden C: Genome sequence and evolution of Duvenhage virus (Prof LH Nel, Dr W Markotter)

Zulu G: Molecular epidemiology of rabies in northern South Africa and southern Zimbabwe demonstrates an epidemiological complexity that involves domestic dogs and jackals (Canis mesomelas) (Prof LH Nel, DR C Sabeta)

 

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