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

Research Interests

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

Forestry/ tree pathology

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

Postharvest technology with a focus on the table grape

Microbial Evolution and Diversity

Pro- and prebiotics for human and animal use

Resistance of citrus rootstocks against Phytophthora root rot

Rabies and other zoonotic viruses

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

T6SS of Pectobacterium carotovorum brasiliences

Transcriptome profiling of Pcb

Plant viruses

Bacterial diseases of plants

Brown spot of potatoes

Compatibility of garlic and probiotic bifidobacteria

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

Detecting microbial foodborne pathogens

Development of water quality test kit

Epidemiology of Rickettsias spp in African bat species.

Lyssaviruses

Molecular diagnostics of root knot nematodes

Molecular genetics of orbiviruses

Bacterial pathogens in water

Integrated disease management

Plantation tree pathology

 

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