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

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

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Stapelberg FH, van Rooyen MW, Bothma JduP: 2008. Seasonal nutrient fluctuation of selected plant species in the Kalahari. African Journal of Range and Forage Science, 25 (3), pp 111-119.

Smith GF, Walters M, Crouch NR, Klopper RR: 2008. Aloes of the World: a comprehensive collaboration to consolidate knowledge on the genusAloe L.. Aloe, 45 (1), pp 19-20.

Martins CM, Beyene G, Hofs J-L, Krüger K, van der Vyver C, Schlüter U, Kunert KJ: 2008. Effect of water-deficit stress on cotton plants expressing the Bacillus thuringiensis toxin. Annals of Applied Biology, 152, pp 255-262, Full Text

Cullis CA, Vorster BJ, van der Vyfer C, Kunert KJ: 2008. Transfer of Genetic Material Between the Chloroplast and Nucleus: How is it related to Stress in Plants?. Annals of Botany, / Sep, pp 1-9, Full Text

Mbaveng AT, Kuete V, Nguemeving JR, Beng VP, Meyer JJM, Nkengfack AE, Lall N, Krohn K: 2008. Antimicrobial activity of the extracts and compounds obtained from Vismia guineensis (Guttiferae). Asian Journal of Traditional Medicine, 3 (6), pp 1-13.

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McGaw LJ, Lall N, Hlokwe TM, Michel AL, Meyer JJM, Eloff JN: 2008. Purified Compounds and Extracts from Euclea Species with Antimycobacterial Activity against Mycobacterium bovis and Fast-Growing Mycobacteria. Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 31 (7) / Apr, pp 1429-1433.

Law PJ, Claudel-Renard CMG, Joubert F, Louw AI, Berger DK: 2008. MADIBA: A web server toolkit for biological interpretation of Plasmodium and plant gene clusters. BMC Genomics, 9 / Feb, pp 105-117, Full Text

Retief E, Siebert SJ, van Wyk AE: 2008. A new species of Euclea (Ebenaceae) from ultramafic soils in Sekhukuneland, South Africa, with notes on its ecology. Bothalia, 38 (1), pp 31-37.

Retief E, van Wyk AE: 2008. The genus Wellstedia (Boraginaceae: Wellstedioideae) in southern Africa. Bothalia, 38 (1), pp 57-63.

Jordaan M: 2008. Celastraceae: A new species of Gymnosporia from South Africa and Swaziland. Bothalia, 38 (2), pp 150-153.

Klopper RR, du Preez PJ, Smith GF: 2008. ASPHODELACEAE: ALOOIDEAE. New evdence in support of a disjunct distribution of Aloe Karasbergensis. Bothalia, 38 (1), p. 82.

Crouch NR, Smith GF, Klopper RR: 2008. ASPHODELACEAE. Notes on the nomenclature and typification of Aloe Natalensis (Alooideae). Bothalia, 38 (1), pp 70-71.

Klopper RR, Klopper AW, Baijnath H, Smith GF: 2008. ASPHODELACEAE: ALOOIDEAE. Bulbine triebneri, an earlier name for Bulbine alba, as well as additional and new localities in eastern and northern Cape, South Africa. Bothalia, 38 (1), pp 67-69.

Walters M, Smith GF: 2008. A tribute to Prof Kristo Pienaar (1922-1996), doyen of South African gardening. Bothalia, 38 (2), pp 193-194.

Klopper RR, Nel J, Klopper AW, Smith GF: 2008. Pteridophyta: Aspleniaceae Asplenium Lobatum Var. Pseudo-Abyssinicum. a new record for South Africa. Bothalia, 38 (2), pp 144-146.

Smith GF, Walters M, Figueiredo E, Klopper RR: 2008. Naturalised species of Agave L. (Agavaceae) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Bradleya, 26, pp 33-40, Full Text

Smith GF, Walters M, Klopper RR, Crouch NR: 2008. Aloes of the World: African Plants Initiative. An international web-based collaboration to promote scholarly research on Aloe L.. Bradleya, 26, pp 121-128.

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Smith GF, Klopper RR, Crouch NR: 2008. Aloe Arborenscens (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae) and cites. Haseltonia, 14, pp 189-198.

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Izidine SA, Siebert SJ, van Wyk AE, Zobolo AM: 2008. Threats to Ronga custodianship of a sacred grove in southern Mozambique. Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IAJIKS), 7 (2), pp 182-197.

Grootboom A, Kennedy MMO, Mkhonza NL, Kunert KJ, Chakauya E, Chikwamba R: 2008. In vitro Culture and Plant Regeneration of Sorghum Genotypes using Immature Zygotic Embryos as Explant Source. International Journal of Botany, 4 (4), pp 450-455.

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Steenkamp CJ, Vogel JC, Fuls A, van Rooyen N, van Rooyen MW: 2008. Age determination of Acacia erioloba trees in the Kalahari. Journal of Arid Environments, 72, pp 302-313, Full Text

Kuete V, Mbaveng AT, Tsaffack M, Beng VP, Etoa F-X, Nkengfack AE, Meyer JJM, Lall N: 2008. Antitumor, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Bersama engleriana (Melianthaceae). Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 115, pp 494-501.

Grace OM, Simmonds MSJ, Smith GF, van Wyk AE: 2008. Therapeutic uses of Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) in southern Africa. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 119, pp 604-614.

Kuete V, Ngameni B, Fotso Simo CC, Kengap Tankeu R, Tchaleu Ngadjui B, Meyer JJM, Lall N, Kuiate JR: 2008. Antimicrobial activity of the crude extracts and compoinds from Ficus chlamydocarpa and Ficus cordata (Moraceae). Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 120, pp 17-24, Full Text

Mathabe MC, Hussein AA, Nikolova RV, Basson AE, Meyer JJM, Lall N: 2008. Antibacterial activities and cytotoxicity of terpenoids isolated from Spirostachys africana. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 116, pp 194-197.

Momtaz S, Mapunya MB, Houghton PJ, Edgerly C, Hussein AA, Naidoo S, Lall N: 2008. Tyrosinase inhibition by extracts and constituents of Sideroxylon inerme L. stem bark, used in south Africa for skin lightening. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 119, pp 507-512.

Meyer JJM, Rakuambo NC, Hussein AA: 2008. Novel xanthones from Securidaca longepedunculata with activity against erectile dysfunction. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 119, pp 599-603.

Tshikalange TE, Meyer JJM, Lall N, Munoz E, Sancho R, van de Venter M, Oosthuizen V: 2008. In vitro anti-HIV-1 properties of ethnobotanically selected South African plants used in the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 119, pp 478-481, Full Text

McGaw LJ, Lall N, Meyer JJM, Eloff JN: 2008. The potential of South African plants against Mycobacterium infections. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 119 / Aug, pp 482-500.

More GK, Tshikalange TE, Lall N, Botha FS, Meyer JJM: 2008. Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants against oral microorganisms. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 119, pp 473-477, Full Text

Mbaveng AT, Ngameni B, Kuete V, Simo IK, Ambassa P, Roy R, Bezabih M, Etoa F-X, Ngadjui BT, Abegaz BM, Meyer JJM, Lall N, Beng VP: 2008. Antimicrobial activity of the crude extracts and five flavonoids from the twigs of Dorstenia barteri (Moraceae). Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 116, pp 483-489, Full Text

Prins A, van Heerden PDR, Olmos E, Kunert KJ, Foyer CH: 2008. Cysteine proteinases regulate chloroplast protein content and composition in tobacco leaves: a model for dynamic interactions with ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) vesicular bodies. Journal of Experimental Botany, 59 (7), pp 1935-1950.

Adelekan AM, Prozesky EA, Hussein AA, Ureña LD, van Rooyen PH, Liles DC, Meyer JJM, Rodriguez B: 2008. Bioactive diterpenes and other constituents of Croton steenkampianus. Journal of Natural Products, 71 (11), pp 1919-1922.

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van Rooyen N, van Rooyen MW, Bothma JduP, Van den Berg HM: 2008. Landscapes in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa. Koedoe, 50 (1), pp 99-112, Full Text

Stapelberg FH, van Rooyen MW, Bothma JduP, van der Linde MJ, Groeneveld HT: 2008. Springbok behaviour as affected by environmental conditions in the Kalahari. Koedoe, 50 (1), pp 145-153, Full Text

van der Merwe H, van Rooyen MW, van Rooyen N: 2008. Vegetation of the Hantam-Tanqua-Roggeveld subregion, South Africa. Part 1: Fynbos Biome retated vegetation. Koedoe, 50 (1), pp 61-71, Full Text

van der Merwe H, van Rooyen MW, van Rooyen N: 2008. Vegetation of the hantam-Tanqua-Roggeveld subregion, South Africa. Part 2: Succulent karoo Biome related vegetation. Koedoe, 50 (1), pp 160-183, Full Text

Mostert THC, Bredenkamp GJ, Klopper HL, Verwey C, Mostert RE, Hahn N: 2008. Major Vegetation Types of the Soutpansberg Conservancy and the Blouberg Nature Reserve, South Africa. Koedoe, 50 (1), pp 32-48, Full Text

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Mujovo SF, Hussein AA, Meyer JJM, Fourie B, Muthivhi T, Lall N: 2008. Bioactive compounds from Lippia javanica and Hoslundia opposita. Natural Product Research, 22 (12) / Aug, pp 1047-1054.

Creux NM, Ranik M, Berger DK, Myburg AA: 2008. Comparative analysis of orthologous cellulose synthase promoters from Arabidopsis, Populus and Eucalyptus: evidence of conserved regulatory elements in angiosperms. New Phytologist, 179 (3), pp 722-737, Full Text

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Mativandlela SPN, Meyer JJM, Hussein AA, Houghton PJ, Hamilton CJ, Lall N: 2008. Activity against Mycobacterium smegmatis and M. tuberculosis by extracts of some South African medicinal plants. Phytotherapy Research, 22, pp 841-845.

van Heerden PDR, Kiddle G, Pellny TK, Mokwala W, Jordaan A, Strauss AJ, de Beer M, Kunert KJ, Foyer CH, Schlüter U: 2008. Regulation of Respiration and the Oxygen Diffusion Barrier in Soybean Protect Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation from Chilling-Induced Inhibition and Shoots from Premature Senescence. Plant Physiology, 148 / Sep, pp 316-327.

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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Swanepoel W: 2008. Ceraria kuneneana (Didiereaceae/Portulacaceae), a new species from the Kaokoveld, Namibia. South African Journal of Botany, 74 (1), pp 71-75, Full Text

Bapela MJ, Lall N, Meyer JJM: 2008. Seasonal variation of naphthoquinones in Euclea natalensis subspecies natalensis. South African Journal of Botany, 74, pp 218-224.

Bapela MJ, Kuete V, du Toit ES, Meyer JJM, Lall N: 2008. Fertilization-induced changes in growth parameters and antimycobacterial activity of Euclea natalensis (Ebenaceae). South African Journal of Botany, 74, pp 244-250.

Gaugris JY, van Rooyen MW, Bothma JduP: 2008. Growth rate of selected woody species in northern Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 74, pp 85-92.

Swanepoel W: 2008. Commiphora otjihipana (Burseraceae), a new species from the Kaokoveld, Namibia. South African Journal of Botany, 74 (4), pp 623-628.

Grace OM, Kokubun T, Veitch NC, Simmonds MSJ: 2008. Characterisation of a nataloin derivative from Aloe ellenbeckii, a maculate species from east Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 74 (4), pp 761-763, Full Text

Kuete V, Wansi JD, Mbaveng AT, Kana Sop MM, Tcho Tadjong A, Penlap Beng V, Etoa F-X, Wandji J, Meyer JJM, Lall N: 2008. Antimicrobial activity of the methanolic extract and compounds from Teclea afzelii (Rutaceae). South African Journal of Botany, 74, pp 572-576.

Jankowitz WJ, van Rooyen MW, Shaw D, Kaumba JS, van Rooyen N: 2008. Mysterious circles in the Namib Desert. South African Journal of Botany, 74, pp 332-334.

Momtaz S, Lall N, Basson AE: 2008. Inhibitory activities of mushroom tyrosine and DOPA oxidation by plant extracts. South African Journal of Botany, 74 (4), pp 577-582.

van der Kooy F, Verpoorte R, Meyer JJM: 2008. Metabolomic quality control of claimed anti-malarial Artemisia afra herbal remedy and A. afra and A. annua plant extracts. South African Journal of Botany, 74 (2), pp 186-189.

Crouch NR, Douwes E, Wolfson MM, Smith GF, Edwards T: 2008. South Africa's bioprospecting, access and benefit-sharing legislation: Current realities, future complications, and a proposed alternative. South African Journal of Science, 104 (9), pp 355-366, Full Text

Bredenkamp CL, Smith GF: 2008. Botanical research in South Africa: A questionnaire assessment of opinions of South African botanists. South African Journal of Science, 104 (3-4) / Mar/Apr, pp 97-100, Full Text

Bredenkamp CL, Smith GF: 2008. Perspectives on botanical research publications in South Africa: an assessment of five local journals from 1988 to 2002, a period of transition and transformation. South African Journal of Science, 104 (11/12) / Nov/Dec, pp 473-478, Full Text

Smith GF, Buys M, Walters M, Herbert D, Hamer M: 2008. Taxonomic research in South Africa: state of the discipline. South African Journal of Science, 104 / July/Aug, pp 254-258, Full Text

Smith GF, Klopper RR, Figueiredo E, van Wyk AE, Crouch NR: 2008. Aloes in the Eastern Cape of South Africa: the value of natural history observations in biological sciences. South African Journal of Science, 104 (11/12) / Nov/Dec, pp 421-427.

Stapelberg FH, van Rooyen MW, Bothma JduP: 2008. Spatial and temporal variation in nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in faeces from springbok in the Kalahari. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 38 (1) / Apr, pp 82-87, Full Text

Gaugris JY, van Rooyen MW: 2008. A spatial and tempral analysis of Sand Forest tree assemblages in Maputaland, South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 38 (2) / Oct, pp 171-184, Full Text

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Coetzee JC, van Wyk AE: 2008. (1770) Proposal to conserve Calvatia nom. cons. (Basidiomycota, Lycoperdaceae) against an additional name, Lanopila. Taxon, 56 (2) / May, pp 598-599.

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Stoffberg GH, van Rooyen MW, van der Linde MJ, Groeneveld HT: 2008. Predicting the growth in tree height and crown size of three street tree species in the City of Tshwane, South Africa. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 7, pp 259-264.