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Molecular Plant-Pathogen Interactions
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Van Schalkwyk A, Wenzl P, Smit S, Lopez-Cobollo R, Kilian A, Bishop G, Hefer C & DK Berger (2012) Bin mapping of
tomato Diversity Array (DArT) markers to genomic regions of Solanum lycopersicum x Solanum pennellii introgression lines, Theoretical and Applied Genetics,
in press
Coetzer N, Myburg AA, and Berger DK (2011) Maize microarray annotation database, Plant Methods, 7(1):31
Naidoo S, Fouché-Weich J, Law P, Denby K, Marco Y & Berger DK (2011) A Eucalyptus bacterial wilt isolate from
South Africa is pathogenic on Arabidopsis and manipulates host defenses, Forest Pathology 41(2):101-113
Legay G, Marouf E, Berger D, Neuhaus JM, Mauch-Mani B & Slaughter A (2011) Identification of genes expressed during
the compatible interaction of grapevine with Plasmopara viticola through suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH), European Journal of Plant Pathology
129:281–301
Coetzer N, Gazendam I, Oelofse D and Berger DK (2010) SSHscreen and SSHdb, generic software for microarray based gene
discovery: application to the stress response in cowpea. Plant Methods, 6:10.
Solomon L, Berger DK & Myburg AA (2010) Diurnal and
circadian patterns of gene expression in the developing xylem of Eucalyptus trees, South African Journal of Botany 76(3): 425-439
Meisel B, Korsman J, Kloppers FJ, Berger DK (2009) Cercospora zeina is the causal agent of grey leaf spot disease
of maize in Southern Africa, European Journal of Plant Pathology, 124(4): 577-583
Crampton BG, Hein I, Berger DK (2009) Salicylic acid confers resistance to a biotrophic rust pathogen, Puccinia
substriata, in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum), Molecular Plant Pathology 10(2), 291–304
Law PJ, Claudel-Renard C, Joubert F, Louw AI, Berger DK (2008) MADIBA: A web server toolkit for biological interpretation
of Plasmodium and plant gene clusters, BMC Genomics 9:105
Naidoo S, Murray SL, Denby KJ & Berger DK (2007). Microarray Analysis of the Arabidopsis thaliana
cir1 (constitutively induced resistance 1) mutant reveals candidate defence response genes against Pseudomonas syringae pv
tomato DC3000, South African Journal of Botany 73: 412-421.
Berger DK, Crampton B, Hein I, Vos W (2007). Screeing cDNA libraries on glass slide microarrays. In: Microarrays, Second
Edition, Volume II Applications and Data Analysis (Editor J.Brampal), Series: Methods in Molecular Biology (Series Editor J.M.Walker), Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey, USA
(www.humanapress.com) ISBN10# 1-58829-944-9, Chapter 12,
177-203.
Fouche-Weich J, Poussier S, Trigalet-Demery D, Berger D & Countinho T (2006). Molecular identification of some African
strains of Ralstonia solanacearum from Eucalyptus and potato, Journal of General Plant Pathology 72: 369-373.
Oelofse D, Dubery IA, Meyer R, Arendse MS, Gazendam I & Berger DK (2006). Apple polygalacturonase inhibiting protein1
expressed in transgenic tobacco inhibits polygalacturonases from fungal pathogens of apple and the anthracnose pathogen of lupins. Phytochemistry 67(3): 255-263.
Naidoo S, Denby KJ & Berger DK. (2005). Microarray experiments: considerations for experimental design. South African
Journal of Science. 101(July/August): 347-354.
Lotter HC & DK Berger (2005). Anthracnose of lupins in South Africa in caused by Colletotrichum lupini var. setosum. Australasian Plant Pathology. 34(3): 385-392.
Gazendam I, Oelofse D & Berger DK (2005). High-level expression of apple PGIP1 in transgenic potato is not sufficient
to confer resistance to Verticillium dahliae. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 65 (3): 145-155.
Van den Berg N, Crampton BC, Birch PRJ, Hein I & Berger DK (2004). High throughput screening of SSH cDNA libraries
using DNA microarray analysis. Biotechniques. 37(5): 818-824 (November).
Berger DK (2004). Gene "mining" the Arabidopsis thaliana genome: applications for Biotechnology in Africa. South
African Journal of Botany. 70 (1): 173-180.
Murray SL, Thompson G, Visser A & Berger DK (2002). Transgenic potatoes (cv Late Harvest) show increased tolerance to
potato leafroll virus in greenhouse and field trials. South African Journal of Science 98: 97-101.
O'Kennedy MM, Burger JT & Berger DK. (2001). Transformation of elite white maize using the particle inflow gun and
detailed analysis of a low-copy integration event. Plant Cell Rep. 20: 721-730.
Berger DK, Oelofse D, Arendse MS, Du Plessis E & Dubery IA (2000). Bean polygalacturonase inhibitor protein-1 (PGIP-1)
inhibits polygalacturonase from Stenocarpella maydis. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 57 (July): 5-14.
Arendse MS, Dubery IA & Berger DK (1999). Isolation by PCR-based methods of a plant antifungal
polygalaturonase-inhibiting protein gene. Electronic Journal of Biotechnology 2(3): 152-159.

