Prof Zander Myburg



Professor and Chair in Forest Genomics and Biotechnology

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Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
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My research focuses on the molecular genetics and genomics of wood formation in fast-growing trees such as Eucalyptus species and their hybrids. I am particularly interested in the molecular basis of quantitative variation in growth and wood properties and the development of biotechnology solutions to improve these properties in trees. My research programme has pioneered the application of genomics technologies, in particular transcriptome profiling by RNA sequencing, for population-based analysis of xylem development. Integration of such data with other sources of biological data such as wood chemistry traits and metabolite profiles allows a systems genetics approach towards understanding of the complex biology of wood development.    

I established the Forest Molecular Genetics (FMG) programme, a collaborative research and development venture of the University of Pretoria, Sappi and Mondi, in 2003. The programme has grown to include four academic staff (myself, Dr. Sanushka Naidoo, Dr. Eshchar Mizrachi and Dr. Steven Hussey), three postdoctoral fellows, 17 postgraduate students and 12 contract research support staff (see FMG Team). 

Chair in Forest Genomics and Biotechnology

The Chair in Forest Genomics and Biotechnology was created in 2009 and is co-funded by Sappi, Mondi and UP. The research activities of the Chair is funded through the Forest Molecular Genetics Programme.  

News

FABI shines at SASBi/SAGs conference

The Biennial joint SASBi/SAGS (South African Society for Bioinformatics/South African Genetics Society) Conference was held at Golden Gate National Park in the Free State Province from 16-18 October.

More accolades for FABI researchers at UP’s 2017 Academic Achievers’ Award

Seven researchers affiliated with FABI were among those honoured at the University of Pretoria’s annual Academic Achievers’ Awards ceremony on 9 May.

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Deepika R, Veale A, Capling M, Strauss SH, Myburg AA. 2013. Genetic transformation of Eucalyptus – Challenges and future perspective. In: Tree Biotechnology. Ramawat KG, Mérillon J-M, Ahuja MR. (eds). CRC Press, pp .
Myburg AA, Lev-Yadun S, Sederoff RR. 2013. Xylem Structure and Function. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, pp .
Myburg AA, Potts BM, Marques CMP, Kirst M, Gion J-M, Grattapaglia D, Grima-Pettenati J. 2007. Eucalyptus. In: Genome Mapping & Molecular Breeding in Plants, Vol. 7: Forest Trees. Kole CR. (eds). Springer, Heidelberg, pp .
Kirst M, Myburg AA, Sederoff RR. 2004. Genetic Mapping in Forest Trees: Markers, Linkage Analysis and Genomics. In: Genetic Engineering: Principles and Methods, Vol 26. Setlow JK. (eds). pp .
Wingfield MJ, Myburg AA, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD. 2004. Pest and disease risks in exotic plantations. In: Plantation Forest Biotechnology for the 21st Century. Walter C, Carson M. (eds). Research Signpost, Kerala, India, pp 43-59.
Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Myburg AA, Wingfield BD. 2004. Management of pathogens in exotic plantation forestry. In: Plantation Forest Biotechnology for the 21st Century. Walter C, Carson M. (eds). Research Signpost, Kerala, India, pp .
Myburg AA, Sederoff RR. 1999. Xylem structure and function. In: Embryonic Encyclopedia of Life Science. Nature Publishing Group: Macmillan, New York, pp .

My Editorials & Commentaries

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Strauss SH, Myburg AA. (2015) Plant scientists celebrate new woody plant genome. New Phytologist 206(4):1185-1187. 10.1111/nph.13053

My Journal Articles

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Anneri Lötter, Tuan A Duong, Julia Candotti, Eshschar Mizrachi, Jill L Wegrzyn, Alexander A Myburg. (2023) Haplogenome assembly reveals structural variation in Eucalyptus interspecific hybrids. GigaScience 12 10.1093/gigascience/giad064
Candotti J, Christie N, Ployet R, Mostert-O’Neill MM, Reynolds SM, Neves LG, Naidoo S, Mizrachi E, Duong TA, Myburg AA. (2023) Haplotype mining panel for genetic dissection and breeding in Eucalyptus. The Plant Journal 113:174-185. 10.1111/tpj.16026
Ranketse M, Hefer CA, Pierneef R, Fourie G, Myburg AA. (2022) Genetic diversity and population structure analysis reveals the unique genetic composition of South African selected macadamia accessions. Tree Genetics and Genomes 18(15):12. 10.1007/s11295-022-01543-0
Jackson C, Christie N, Reynolds SM, Marais GC, Tii-kuzu Y, Caballero M, Kampman T, Visser EA, Naidoo S, Kain D, Whetten RW, Isik F, Wegrzyn J, Hodge GR, Acosta JJ, Myburg AA. (2021) A genome- wide SNP genotyping resource for tropical pine tree species. Molecular Ecology Resources 10.1111/1755-0998.13484 PDF
Oates C, Denby K, Myburg A, Slippers B, Naidoo S. (2020) Insect egg‐induced physiological changes and transcriptional reprogramming leading to gall formation. Plant, Cell & Environment 10.1111/pce.13930
Mostert-O'Neill MM, Reynolds SM, Acosta JJ, Lee DJ, Borevitz JO, Myburg AA. (2020) Genomic evidence of introgression and adaptation in a model subtropical tree species, Eucalyptus grandis. Molecular Ecology 00(00):1-14. 10.1111/mec.15615 PDF
Mphahlele MM, Isik F, Mostert-O'Neill MM, Reynolds SM, Hodge GR, Myburg AA. (2020) Expected benefits of genomic selection for growth and wood quality traits in Eucalyptus grandis. Tree Genetics & Genomes 16(49) 10.1007/s11295-020-01443-1
Tonfack LB, Hussey SG, Veale A, Myburg AA, Mizrachi E. (2019) Analysis of orthologous SECONDARY WALL-ASSOCIATED NAC DOMAIN1 (SND1) promotor activity in herbaceous and woody angiosperms. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20:4623. 10.3390/ijms20184623
Visser EA, Wegrzyn JL, Steenkamp ET, Myburg AA, Naidoo S. (2019) Dual RNA-Seq Analysis of the Pine-Fusarium circinatum Interaction in Resistant (Pinus tecunumanii) and Susceptible (Pinus patula) Hosts. Microorganisms 7:315. 10.3390/microorganisms7090315 PDF
Myburg AA, Hussey SG, Wang JP, Street NR, Mizrachi E. (2019) Systems and Synthetic Biology of Forest Trees: A Bioengineering Paradigm for Woody Biomass Feedstocks. Frontiers in Plant Biology 10:775. 10.3389/fpls.2019.00775
Pinard D, Myburg AA, Mizrachi E. (2019) The plastid and mitochondrial genomes of Eucalyptus grandis. BMC Genomics 20(132):1-14. 10.1186/s12864-019-5444-4 PDF
Pinard D, Fierro AC, Marchal K, Myburg AA, Mizrachi E. (2019) Organellar carbon metabolism is co-ordinated with distinct developmental phases of secondary xylem. New Phytologist 10.1111/nph.15739
Hussey SG, Grima-Pettenati J, Myburg AA, Mizrachi E, Brady SM, Yoshikuni Y, Deutsch S. (2019) A standardized synthetic Eucalyptus transcription factor and promoter panel for re-engineering secondary cell wall regulation in biomass and bioenergy crops. ACS Synthetic Biology 8(2):463-465. 10.1021/acssynbio.8b00440
Wierzbicki MP, Christie N, Pinard D, Mansfield SD, Mizrachi E, Myburg AA. (2019) A systems genetics analysis in Eucalyptus reveals coordination of metabolic pathways associated with xylan modification in wood‐forming tissues. New Phytologist 223(4):1952-1972. 10.1111/nph.15972
Brown K, Takawira L, O'Neill M, Mizrachi E, Myburg A, Hussey S. (2019) Identification and functional evaluation of accessible chromatin associated with wood formation in Eucalyptus grandis. New Phytologist 223(4):1937-1951. 10.1111/nph.15897
Visser EA, Wegrzyn JL, Myburg AA, Naidoo S. (2018) Defence transcriptome assembly and pathogenesis related gene family analysis in Pinus tecunumanii (low elevation). BMC Genomics 19:632. 10.1186/s12864-018-5015-0 PDF
Laubscher M, Brown K, Tonfack LB, Myburg AA, Mizrachi E, Hussey SG. (2018) Temporal analysis of Arabidopsis genes activated by Eucalyptus grandis NAC transcription factors associated with xylem fibre and vessel development. Scientific Reports 8:10983. 10.1038/s41598-018-29278-w
Naidoo S, Christie N, Acosta JJ, Mphahlele MM, Payn KG, Myburg AA, Külheim C. (2018) Terpenes associated with resistance against the gall wasp, Leptocybe invasa, in Eucalyptus grandis. Plant, Cell & Environment 41(8):1840-1851. 10.1111/pce.13323
Lu Q, Shao F, Macmillan C, Wilson IW, van der Merwe K, Hussey SG, Myburg AA, Dong X, Qiu D. (2018) Genomewide analysis of the lateral organ boundaries domain (LBD) gene family in Eucalyptus grandis reveals members that differentially impact secondary growth. Plant Biotechnology Journal 10.1111/pbi.12754
Botha J, Mizrachi E, Myburg AA, Cowan DA. (2018) Carbohydrate active enzyme domains from extreme thermophiles: components of a modular toolbox for lignocellulose degradation. Extremophiles 10.1007/s00792-017-0974-7
Mir BA, Myburg AA, Mizrachi E, Cowan DA. (2017) In planta expression of hyperthermophilic enzymes as a strategy for accelerated lignocellulosic digestion. Scientific Reports 7(1):11462. 10.1038/s41598-017-11026-1
Amuge T, Berger DK, Katari MS, Myburg AA, Goldman SL, Ferguson ME. (2017) A time series transcriptome analysis of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) varieties challenged with Ugandan cassava brown streak virus. Scientific Reports 7:9747. 10.1038/s41598-017-09617-z
Nzuki I, Katari MS, Bredeson JV, Masumba E, Kapinga F, Salum K, Mkamilo GS, Shah T, Lyons JB, Rokhsar DS, Rounsley S, Myburg AA, Ferguson ME. (2017) QTL Mapping for Pest and Disease Resistance in Cassava and Coincidence of Some QTL with Introgression Regions Derived from Manihot glaziovii. Frontiers in Plant Science 8(1168) 10.3389/fpls.2017.01168
Masumba EA, Kapinga F, Mkamilo G, Salum K, Kulembeka H, Rounsley S, Bredeson JV, Lyons JB, Rokhsar DS, Kanju E, Katari MS, Myburg AA, van der Merwe NA, Ferguson ME. (2017) QTL associated with resistance to cassava brown streak and cassava mosaic diseases in a bi-parental cross of two Tanzanian farmer varieties, Namikonga and Albert. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 130(10):2069-2090. 10.1007/s00122-017-2943-z
Hussey SG, Loots MT, van der Merwe K, Mizrachi E, Myburg AA. (2017) Integrated analysis and transcript abundance modelling of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 in developing secondary xylem. Scientific Reports 7:3370. 10.1038/s41598-017-03665-1
Zwart L, Berger DK, Moleleki LN, Van der Merwe NA, Myburg AA, Naidoo S. (2017) Evidence for salicylic acid signalling and histological changes in the defence response of Eucalyptus grandis to Chrysoporthe austroafricana. Scientific Reports 7:45402. 10.1038/srep45402 PDF
Mizrachi E, Verbeke L, Christie N, Fierro AC, Mansfield SD, Davis MF, Gjersing E, Tuskan GA, Van Montagu M, Van de Peer Y, Marchal K, Myburg AA. (2017) Network-based integration of systems genetics data reveals pathways associated with lignocellulosic biomass accumulation and processing. PNAS 114(5):1195-1200. 10.1073/pnas.1620119114 PDF
Christie N, Myburg AA, Joubert F, Murray SL, Carstens M, Lin Y-C, Meyer J, Crampton BG, Christensen SA, Ntuli JF, Wighard SS, Van de Peer Y, Berger DK. (2017) Systems genetics reveals a transcriptional network associated with susceptibility in the maize-gray leaf spot pathosystem. The Plant Journal 89(4):746-763. 10.1111/tpj.13419
Oates CN, Denby KJ, Myburg AA, Slippers B, Naidoo S. (2016) Insect gallers and their plant hosts: From omics data to systems biology. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 17(11):1891. 10.3390/ijms17111891 PDF
Davin N, Edger PP, Hefer CA, Mizrachi E, Schuetz M, Smets E, Myburg AA, Douglas CJ, Schranz ME, Lens F. (2016) Functional network analysis of genes differentially expressed during xylogenesis in soc1ful woody Arabidopsis plants. The Plant Journal 86(5):376-390. 10.1111/tpj.13157
Mewalal R, Mizrachi E, Coetzee B, Mansfield SD, Myburg AA. (2016) The Arabidopsis Domain of Unknown Function 1218 (DUF1218) Containing Proteins, MODIFYING WALL LIGNIN-1 and 2 (At1g31720/MWL-1 and At4g19370/MWL-2) Function Redundantly to Alter Secondary Cell Wall Lignin Content. PLoS ONE 11(3):e0150254. 10.1371/journal.pone.0150254 PDF
Mizrachi E, Myburg AA. (2016) Systems genetics of wood formation. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 30:94-100. 10.1016/j.pbi.2016.02.007
Meyer FE, Shuey LS, Ramsuchit S, Mamni T, Berger DK, van den Berg N, Myburg AA, Naidoo S. (2016) Dual RNA-sequencing of Eucalyptus nitens during Phytophthora cinnamomi challenge reveals pathogen and host factors influencing compatibility. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:191. 10.3389/fpls.2016.00191 PDF
Ronishree Magwanda, Lizahn Zwart, Nicolaas A. van der Merwe, Lucy Moleleki, Dave Kenneth Berger, Alexander A. Myburg, Sanushka Naidoo. (2016) Localization and Transcriptional Responses of Chrysoporthe austroafricana in Eucalyptus grandis Identify Putative Pathogenicity Factors. Front. Microbiol. 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01953
Visser EA, Wegrzyn JL, Steenkamp ET, Myburg AA, Naidoo S. (2015) Combined de novo and genome guided assembly and annotation of the Pinus patula juvenile shoot transcriptome. BMC Genomics 16:1057. 10.1186/s12864-015-2277-7 PDF
Vanneste K, Sterck L, Myburg AA, van de Peer Y, Mizrachi E. (2015) Horsetails are ancient polyploids: Evidence from Equisetum giganteum. The Plant Cell 27(6):1567-1578. 10.​1105/​tpc.​15.​00157
Pinard DS, Mizrachi E, Hefer C, Kersting AR, Joubert F, Douglas C, Mansfield SD, Myburg AA. (2015) Comparative analysis of plant carbohydrate active enZymes and their role in xylogenesis. BMC Genomics 16:402. 10.1186/s12864-015-1571-8 PDF
Hussey SG, Mizrachi E, Groover A, Berger DK, Myburg AA. (2015) Genome-wide mapping of histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation in Eucalyptus grandis developing xylem. BMC Plant Biology 15:117. 10.1186/s12870-015-0499-0 PDF
Oates CN, Külheim C, Myburg AA, Slippers B, Naidoo S. (2015) The transcriptome and terpene profile of Eucalyptus grandis reveals mechanisms of defence against the insect pest, Leptocybe invasa. Plant & Cell Physiology 56(7):1418-1428. 10.1093/pcp/pcv064
Mangwanda R, Myburg AA, Naidoo S. (2015) Transcriptome and hormone profiling reveals Eucalyptus grandis defence responses against Chrysoporthe austroafricana. BMC Genomics 16:319. 10.1186/s12864-015-1529-x PDF
Li Q, Yu H, Cao PB, Fawal N, Mathe C, Azar S, Wang H, Myburg AA, et al. (2015) Explosive tandem and segmental duplications of multigenic families in Eucalyptus grandis. Genome Biology and Evolution 7(4):1068-1081. 10.1093/gbe/evv048
Visser EA, Mangwanda R, Becker JVW, Külheim C, Foley WJ, Myburg AA, Naidoo S. (2015) Foliar terpenoid levels and corresponding gene expression are systemically and differentially induced in Eucalyptus grandis clonal genotypes in response to Chrysoporthe austroafricana challenge. Plant Pathology 64(6):1320-1325. 10.1111/ppa.12368
Carocha V, Soler M, Hefer CA, Cassan-Wang H, Fevereiro P, Myburg AA, Paiva JAP, Grima-Pettenati J. (2015) Genome-wide analysis of the lignin toolbox of Eucalyptus grandis. New Phytologist 206(4):1297-1313. 10.1111/nph.13313
Hudson CJ, Freeman JS, Myburg AA, Potts BM, Vaillancourt RE. (2015) Genomic patterns of species diversity and divergence in Eucalyptus. New Phytologist 204(6):1378-1390. 10.1111/nph.13316
Hefer CA, Mizrachi E, Myburg AA, Douglas CJ, Mansfield SD. (2015) Comparative interrogation of the developing xylem transcriptomes of two wood‐forming species: Populus trichocarpa and Eucalyptus grandis. New Phytologist 204(6):1391-1405. 10.1111/nph.13277
Yu H, Soler M, Clemente HS, Mila I, Paiva JAP, Myburg AA, Bouzayen M, Grima-Pettenati J, Cassan-Wang H. (2015) Comprehensive genome-wide analysis of the Aux/IAA gene family in Eucalyptus: evidence for the role of EgrIAA4 in wood formation. Plant Cell Physiology 56(4):700-714. 10.1093/pcp/pcu215
Vining KJ, Myburg AA, Jaiswal P, Solomon L, Wesley-Smith J, Ranik M, Naithani S, Dharmawardhana P, Amarasinghe V, Hefer CA, Alves-Ferreira M, Klocko A, Jones RC, Romanel E, Strauss SH. (2015) The floral transcriptome of Eucalyptus grandis. New Phytologist 204(6):1406–1422. 10.1111/nph.13077
Soler M, Myburg AA, Paiva JAP, Hefer CA, Savelli B, Clemente HS, Cassan-Wang H, Carocha V, Camargo ELO, Grima-Pettenati J. (2015) The Eucalyptus grandis R2R3-MYB transcription factor family: evidence for woody growth-related evolution and function. New Phytologist 206(4):1364–1377. 10.1111/nph.13039
Kersting AR, Mizrachi E, Bornberg-Bauer E, Myburg AA. (2014) Protein domain evolution is associated with reproductive diversification and adaptive radiation in the genus Eucalyptus. New Phytologist 204(6):1328-1336. 10.1111/nph.13211
Mizrachi E, Maloney VJ, Silberbauer J, Hefer CA, Berger DK, Mansfield SD, Myburg AA. (2014) Investigating the molecular underpinnings underlying morphology and changes in carbon partitioning during tension wood formation in Eucalyptus. New Phytologist 204(6):1351-1363. 10.1111/nph.13152
Hussey SG, Saïdi MN, Hefer C, Myburg AA, Grima-Pettenati J. (2014) Structural, evolutionary and functional analysis of the NAC domain protein family in Eucalyptus. New Phytologist 206(4):1337-1350. 10.1111/nph.13139
Myburg AA, Grattapaglia D, Tuskan GA, Hellsten U, Hayes RD, Grimwood J, Jenkins J, Lindquist E, Tice H, Bauer D, Goodstein DM, Dubchak I, Poliakov A, Mizrachi E, Kullan ARK, Hussey SG, Pinard D, Van der Merwe K, Singh P, et al. (2014) The genome of Eucalyptus grandis. Nature 510:356-362. 10.1038/nature13308
Berger DK, Carstens M, Korsman JN, Middleton F, Kloppers FJ, Tongoona P, Myburg AA. (2014) Mapping QTL conferring resistance in maize to gray leaf spot disease caused by Cercospora zeina. BMC Genetics 15:60. 10.1186/1471-2156-15-60
Mir BA, Mewalal R, Mizrachi E, Myburg AA, Cowan DA. (2014) Recombinant hyperthermophilic enzyme expression in plants: a novel approach for lignocellulose digestion. Trends in Biotechnology 32(5):281–289. 10.1016/j.tibtech.2014.03.003
Mewalal R, Mizrachi E, Mansfield S, Myburg AA. (2014) Cell Wall-Related Proteins of Unknown Function: Missing Links in Plant Cell Wall Development. Plant and Cell Physiology 55 (6):1031-1043. 10.1093/pcp/pcu050
Naidoo S, Külheim C, Zwart L, Mangwanda R, Oates CN, Visser EA, Wilken FE, Mamni TB, Myburg AA. (2014) Uncovering the defence responses of Eucalyptus to pests and pathogens in the genomics age. Tree Physiology 34(9):931-943. 10.1093/treephys/tpu075 PDF
Yu H, Soler M, Mila I, Clemente HS, Savelli B, Dunand C, Paiva JAP, Myburg AA, et al. (2014) Genome-wide characterization and expression profiling of the AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR (ARF) gene family in Eucalyptus grandis. PLoS ONE 9(9):e108906. 10.1371/journal.pone.0108906 PDF
Hussey SG, Mizrachi E, Creux NM, Myburg AA. (2013) Navigating the transcriptional roadmap regulating plant secondary cell wall deposition. Frontiers in Plant Science 4(325):1-21. 10.3389/fpls.2013.00325
Creux NM, De Castro MH, Ranik M, Maleka MF, Myburg AA. (2013) Diversity and cis-element architecture of the promoter regions of the cellulose synthase genes of Eucalyptus. Tree Genetics and Genomes 9(4):989-1004. 10.1007/s11295-013-0611-2
Fitza K, Payn KG, Steenkamp ET, Myburg AA, Naidoo S. (2013) Chitosan application improves resistance to Fusarium circinatum in Pinus patula. South African Journal of Botany 85:70-78.
Creux NM, Bossinger G, Myburg AA, Spokevicius AV. (2013) Induced somatic sector analysis of cellulose synthase (CesA) promoter regions in woody stem tissues. Planta 237(3):799-812. 10.1007/s00425-012-1792-x
De Vos L, van der Merwe NA, Wingfield MJ, Myburg AA, Wingfield BD. (2013) Transmission ratio distortion in an interspecific cross between Fusarium circinatum and Fusarium subglutinans. Genes and Genomics 35:1-7. 10.1007/s13258-013-0066-8 PDF
Naidoo R, Ferreira L, Berger DK, Myburg AA, Naidoo S. (2013) The identification and differential expression of Eucalyptus grandis pathogenesis-related genes in response to salicylic acid and methyl jasmonate. Frontiers in Plant Science 4:43. 10.3389/fpls.2013.00043
Sutherland R, Viljoen A, Myburg AA, van den Berg N. (2013) Pathogenicity associated genes in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 4. South African Journal of Science 109 10.1590/ sajs.2013/20120023
Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Garnas J, Myburg AA, Wingfield BD. (2013) Established and new technologies reduce increasing pest and pathogen threats to Eucalypt plantations. Forest Ecology and Management 301:35-42. 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.09.002 PDF
Petroli CD, Sansaloni CP, Carling J, Steane DA, Vaillancourt RE, Myburg AA, da Silva OB Jr., Pappas GJ Jr., Kilian A, Grattapaglia D. (2012) Genomic characterization of DArT markers based on high-density linkage analysis and physical mapping to the Eucalyptus genome. PLoS ONE 7(9):e44684. 10.1371/journal.pone.0044684
Hudson CJ, Freeman JS, Kullan AR, Petroli CD, Sansaloni CP, Kilian A, Detering F, Grattapaglia D, Potts BM, Myburg AA, Vaillancourt RE. (2012) A reference linkage map for Eucalyptus. BMC Genomics 13:240. 10.1186/1471-2164-13-240
Mizrachi E, Mansfield SD, Myburg AA. (2012) Cellulose factories: advancing bioenergy production from forest trees. New Phytologist 194(1):54-62.
Grattapaglia D, Vaillancourt RE, Shepherd M, Thumma BR, Foley W, Kulheim C, Potts BM, Myburg AA. (2012) Progress in Myrtaceae genetics and genomics: Eucalyptus as the pivotal genus. Tree Genetics and Genomes 8(3):463-508. 10.1007/s11295-012-0491-x
Hefer CA, Van der Merwe K, Mizrachi E, Myburg AA. (2012) The Eucalyptus Genome Integrative Explorer (EucGenIE, http://eucgenie.org/).
Hudson CJ, Kullan ARK, Freeman JS, Faria DA, Grattapaglia D, Kilian A, Myburg AA, Potts BM, Vaillancourt RE. (2012) High synteny and colinearity among Eucalyptus genomes revealed by high-density comparative genetic mapping. Tree Genetics and Genomes 8(2):339-352. 10.1007/s11295-011-0444-9
Kullan AR, van Dyk MM, Hefer CA, Jones N, Kanzler A, Myburg AA. (2012) Genetic dissection of growth, wood basic density and gene expression in interspecific backcrosses of Eucalyptus grandis and E. urophylla. BMC Genetics 13:60. 10.1186/1471-2156-13-60
Kullan ARK, Van Dyk MM, Jones N, Kanzler A, Bayley A, Myburg AA. (2012) High-density genetic linkage maps with over 2,400 sequence-anchored DArT markers for genetic dissection in an F2 pseudo-backcross of Eucalyptus grandis × E. urophylla. Tree Genetics and Genomes 8(1):163-175. 10.1007/s11295-011-0430-2
Steane DA, Nicolle D, Sansaloni CP, Petroli CD, Carling J, Kilian A, Myburg AA, Grattapaglia D, Vaillancourt RE. (2011) Population genetic analysis and phylogeny reconstruction in Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) using high-throughput, genome-wide genotyping. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59(1):206-24. 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.02.003
Coetzer N, Myburg AA, Berger DK. (2011) Maize microarray annotation database. Plant Methods 7(31) 10.1186/1746-4811-7-31
Hussey S, Mizrachi E, Berger D, Myburg AA. (2011) The role of SND2 in the regulation of Arabidopsis fibre secondary cell wall formation. BMC Proceedings 5(7):P114. 10.1186/1753-6561-5-S7-P114
De Vos L, van der Nest MA, van der Merwe NA, Myburg AA, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD. (2011) Genetic analysis of growth, morphology and pathogenicity in the F1 progeny of an interspecific cross between Fusarium circinatum and Fusarium subglutinans. Fungal Biology 115(9):902-908. 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.07.003 PDF
Mizrachi E, Hefer CA, Ranik M, Joubert F, Myburg AA. (2010) De novo assembled expressed gene catalog of a fast-growing Eucalyptus tree produced by Illumina mRNA-Seq. BMC Genomics 11:681. 10.1186/1471-2164-11-681
Sansaloni CP, Petroli CD, Carling J, Hudson CJ, Steane DA, Myburg AA, Grattapaglia D, Vaillancourt RE, Kilian A. (2010) A high-density Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) microarray for genome-wide genotyping in Eucalyptus. Plant Methods 6:16. 10.1186/1746-4811-6-16
Horsley TN, Johnson SD, Myburg AA. (2010) Comparison of different control-pollination techniques for small-flowered eucalypts. New Forests 39:75-88. 10.1007/s11056-009-9156-5
Sederoff RR, Myburg AA, Kirst M. (2010) Genomics, domestication, and evolution of forest trees. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology 74:303-317. 10.1101/sqb.2009.74.040
Solomon OL, Berger DK, Myburg AA. (2010) Diurnal and circadian regulation of carbon allocation in developing xylem of Eucalyptus trees. South African Journal of Botany 76:425-439. 10.1016/j.sajb.2010.02.087
Solomon OL, Berger DK, Myburg AA. (2010) Diurnal and circadian patterns of gene expression in the developing xylem of Eucalyptus trees. South African Journal of Botany 76:425-439. 10.1016/j.sajb.2010.02.087
Du Preez FB, Myburg AA, Venter E, Botha A-M. (2008) Resistance genes in the Triticeae and the dynamics of divergence before duplication. South African Journal of Botany 74(1):51-64.
Legesse BW, Myburg AA, Pixley K, Botha A-M. (2008) Relationship between hybrid performance and AFLP based genetic distance in highland maize inbred lines. Euphytica 162(3):313-323.
Payn KG, Dvorak WS, Janse BJH, Myburg AA. (2008) Microsatellite diversity and genetic structure of the commercially important tropical tree species Eucalyptus urophylla, endemic to seven islands in eastern Indonesia. Tree Genetics and Genomes 4(3):519-530.
Creux NM, Ranik M, Berger DK, Myburg AA. (2008) Comparative analysis of orthologous cellulose synthase promoters from Arabidopsis, Populus and Eucalyptus: evidence of conserved regulatory elements in angiosperms. New Phytologist 179:722-737. 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02517.x
Payn KG, Dvorak WS, Myburg AA. (2007) Chloroplast DNA phylogeography reveals the island colonisation route of the Eucalyptus urophylla (Myrtaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 55(7):673-683.
De Vos L, Myburg AA, Wingfield MJ, Desjardins AE, Gordon TR, Wingfield BD. (2007) Complete genetic linkage maps from an interspecific cross between Fusarium circinatum and Fusarium subglutinans. Fungal Genetics and Biology 44(8):701-714. 10.1016/j.fgb.2007.02.007 PDF
Legesse BW, Myburg AA, Pixley KV, Botha AM. (2007) Genetic diversity of African maize inbred lines revealed by SSR markers. Hereditas 144(1):10-7. 10.1111/j.2006.0018-0661.01921.x
Beyene Y, Botha A-M, Myburg AA. (2006) Genetic diversity in traditional Ethiopian highland maize accessions assessed by AFLP markers and morphological traits. Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 15:2655-2671.
Beyene Y, Botha A-M, Myburg AA. (2006) Genetic diversity among traditional Ethiopian highland maize accessions assessed by simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. Journal of Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 53(8):1579-1588. 10.1007/s10722-005-8509-y
Legesse BW, Botha A-M, Myburg AA, Pixley K, Twumasi-Afriyie S. (2006) Genetic diversity analysis of CIMMYT-mid-altitude maize inbred lines using AFLP markers. South African Journal of Soil and Plant 23:49-53.
Ranik M, Creux NM, Myburg AA. (2006) Within-tree transcriptome profiling in wood-forming tissues of a fast-growing Eucalyptus tree. Tree Physiology 26(3):365-375.
Ranik M, Myburg AA. (2006) Six new cellulose synthase genes from Eucalyptus are associated with primary and secondary cell wall biosynthesis. Tree Physiology 26(5):545-556.
Beyene Y, Botha A-M, Myburg AA. (2005) Phenotypic diversity for morphological and agronomic traits in traditional Ethiopian highland maize accessions. South African Journal of Soil and Plant 22:100-105.
Beyene Y, Botha A-M, Myburg AA. (2005) A comparative study of molecular and morphological methods of describing genetic relationships in maize. African Journal of Biotechnology 4(7):586-595.
Kirst M, Basten CJ, Myburg AA, Zeng ZB, Sederoff RR. (2005) Genetic architecture of transcript-level variation in differentiating xylem of a Eucalyptus hybrid. Genetics 169(4):2295-303. 10.1534/genetics.104.039198
Kirst M, Myburg AA, De Leon JP, Kirst ME, Scott J, Sederoff R. (2004) Coordinated genetic regulation of growth and lignin revealed by quantitative trait locus analysis of cDNA microarray data in an interspecific backcross of Eucalyptus. Plant Physiology 135(4):2368-2378. 10.1104/pp.103.037960
Lezar S, Myburg AA, Berger DK, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD. (2004) Development and assessment of microarray-based DNA fingerprinting in Eucalyptus grandis. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 109(7):1329-1336. 10.1007/s00122-004-1759-9 PDF
Myburg AA, Vogl C, Griffin AR, Sederoff RR, Whetten RW. (2004) Genetics of postzygotic isolation in Eucalyptus: whole-genome analysis of barriers to introgression in a wide interspecific cross of Eucalyptus grandis and E. globulus. Genetics 166(3):1405-18.
Myburg AA, Griffin AR, Sederoff RR, Whetten RW. (2003) Comparative genetic linkage maps of Eucalyptus grandis, Eucalyptus globulus and their F1 hybrid based on a double pseudo-backcross mapping approach. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 107(6):1028-1042.
Myburg AA, Remington DL, O'Malley DM, Sederoff RR, Whetten RW. (2001) High-throughput AFLP analysis using infrared dye-labeled primers and an automated DNA sequencer. Biotechniques 30(2):348-352, 354, 3.
Myburg AA, Cawood M, Wingfield BD, Botha A-M. (1998) Development of RAPD and SCAR markers linked to the Russian wheat aphid resistance gene Dn2 in wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 96:1162-1169.
Myburg AA, Botha A-M, Wingfield BD. (1997) Identification and genetic distance analysis of wheat cultivars using RAPD fingerprinting. Cereal Research Communications 25:875-882.
Myburg AA, Botha A-M, Wingfield BD. (1996) Identification and characterisation of RAPD markers linked to Russian wheat aphid resistance in wheat. Annual Wheat Newsletter 42:222-223.
Myburg AA, Botha A-M, Wingfield BD. (1996) Characterisation of RAPD markers linked to Russian wheat aphid resistance. Plant Physiology 111:89.
Myburg AA, Botha A-M, Wingfield BD. (1995) Identification of RAPD markers for Russian wheat aphid resistance in wheat. Plant Physiology 108(51):61.

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