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

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Transcriptome profiling of Pcb

Pro- and prebiotics for human and animal use

Molecular genetics of orbiviruses

Identification and characterisation of sort rot bacteria on potatoes in South Africa

Hydroponic pathology

Biofertilizers and Biocontrol of Soilborne Plant Diseases by means of Plant Growth –Promoting Rhizobacteria

Biocontrol of Soilborne Plant Diseases by means of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria

Bacterial diseases of plants

Epidemiology of Rickettsias spp in African bat species.

Molecular diagnostics of root knot nematodes

T6SS of Pectobacterium carotovorum brasiliences

Bacterial pathogens in water

Integrated disease management

Plantation tree pathology

Forestry/ tree pathology

Plant viruses

Diagnosis and risk assessment of Soil-and seed-borne potato diseases

A survey and study of the plant pathogens reducing yields of indigenous food crops and the transmission and control of these pathogens

Brown spot of potatoes

Rabies and other zoonotic viruses

Microbial Evolution and Diversity

 

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