Mrs Adri Veale
Research Staff
Research Interests
I am a senior research assistant in the Forest Molecular Genetics and the Fruit Tree Biotechnology Programmes. I obtained a MTech in Agriculture from the Tshwane University of Technology titled Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and evaluation of Solanum tuberosum L. for resistance to Phthorimaea operculella Zeller during 2008. My research interests are in the development of transgenic Eucalyptus and banana trees. This entail Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation of Eucalyptus and banana trees with various genes, screening of the putatively transformed lines by molecular techniques and greenhouse trials to confirm the integration of the gene in the genome. I am also involved in the managing of the tissue culture and Arabidopsis growth facilities in FABI.
Poster Presentations and Popular Publications
Viljoen MA and SL Murray. (1998). Optimisation of the regeneration and transformation of potatoes with the PVY-coat protein gene. Poster presented at Plant Breeding Symposium of the South African Plant Breeder Association, Golden Gate, 17 -19 March 1998.
Viljoen MA and de Villiers SM. (2000). Regeneration from five novel South African potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars. Poster presented at the Congress of the South African Association for Botanists, Potchefstroom, 7 - 10 January 2000.
Van Emmenes L, Cohen A and Veale MA. (2006). Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of the bulbous flower Ornithogalum. Poster presented at the International Horticultural Conference, Korea, 13 - 20 August 2006.
Veale MA, Slabbert R, Visser D and van Emmenes L. (2007). Genetic engineering of Solanum tuberosum (cv Mnandi) for insect resistance against potato tuber moth (Phthorimaea operculella). Poster presented at the International Symposium on Genetic Modifications – Challenges and Opportunities for Horticulture in the World., Oslo - Ski, 17 - 20 September 2007.
Veale MA and Van Emmenes L. (2006). South African potato cultivar resistant to potato tuber moth. Chips 2(20):33-34.
