PSHB Research Network Members

PSHB Network Coordinator:
Dr Trudy Paap (FABI, University of Pretoria)

OTHER MEMBERS:
University of Pretoria (FABI):
Proff. Brett Hurley, Wilhelm de Beer, Noëlani Van den Berg, Bernard Slippers, Almuth Hammerbacher, Drs Gerda Fourie, Mesfin Gossa

University of Pretoria (Centre for Invasion Biology, CIB):
Prof. Mark Robertson

University of Pretoria (Department of Plant & Soil Sciences):
Prof. John Annandale, Dr Nicolette Taylor

Rhodes University (Centre for Biological Control, CBC):
Prof. Martin Hill

Stellenbosch University (Dept. Conservation Ecology and Entomology):
Prof. Francois Roets

Stellenbosch University (Centre for Invasion Biology, CIB):
Prof. Dave Richardson

Stellenbosch University (School of Public Leadership):
Prof. Martin de Wit, James N Blignaut, Carmen van der Merwe

University of Witwatersrand (School of Animal Plant and Environmental Sciences):
Prof. Marcus Byrne, Dr Solomon Newete

Durban University of Technology (Department of Horticulture):
Drs Indrani Hazel Govender, Pravin Mark Maistry

University of the Free State (Dept. Plant Sciences):
Drs Gert Marais, Marieka Gryzenhout

UNISA (College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences):
Dr Kerry Slater

New Publications

Lynn KMT, Wingfield MJ, Tarigan M, Durán A, Santos SA, Nel WJ, Barnes I. (2025) Investigating bark, ambrosia and nitidulid beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytinae and Nitidulidae) communities and their potential role in the movement of Ceratocystis manginecans in commercial forestry plantations in Riau, Indonesia. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 10.1111/afe.12698
Nel WJ, Duong TA, Fell S, Herron DA, Paap T, Wingfield MJ, de Beer ZW, Hulcr J, Johnson AJ. (2025) A checklist of South African bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae, Platypodinae). Zootaxa 5648(1):1-101. 10.11646/zootaxa.5648.1.1
Townsend G, Hill M, Hurley BP, Roets F. (2025) Escalating threat: increasing impact of the polyphagous shot hole borer beetle, Euwallacea fornicatus, in nearly all major South African forest types. Biological Invasions 27 10.1007/s10530-025-03551-2 PDF
Nel WJ, Randolph C, Paap T, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Barnes I, Wingfield MJ. (2024) Fusarium species associated with Euwallacea xanthopus in South Africa, including two novel species. Mycologia :1-20. 10.1080/00275514.2024.2394758
Nel WJ, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Yilmaz N, Hurley BP. (2023) Efficacy of commercially available Entomopathogenic agents against the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer in South Africa. Insects 14(4) 10.3390/insects14040361