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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Plant Science

Berger, DK

PhD(Cape Town) - Associate Professor

NRF Rating: C2

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 4634
Fax number: 012 362 5327
E-mail address: dave.berger@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Plant Biotechnology

Forest biotechnology

Studies of plant-pathogen interactions at the molecular level

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Hussey SG, Mizrachi E, Spokevicius AV, Bossinger G, Berger DK, Myburg AA: 2011. SND2 a NAC transcription factor gene, regulates genes involved in secondary cell wall development in Arabidopsis fibres and increases fibre cell area inEucalyptus. BMC Plant Biology, 11, p. 173, Full Text

Naidoo S, Fouche-Weich J, Law PJ, Denby KJ, Marco Y, Berger DK: 2011. A Eucalyptus bacterial wilt isolate from South Africa is pathogenic on Arabidopsis and manipulates host defences. Forest Pathology, 41, pp 101-113.

Coetzer N, Myburg AA, Berger DK: 2011. Maize microarray annotation database. Plant Methods, 7 (31), pp 1-10, Full Text

 

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