29th Annual Meetings
of the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme &
DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology
FABI News
20 Jul 2018
Two Fabians receive prestigious awards at the International Mycological Congress
13 Jul 2018
FABI/UP signs agreements with two major agricultural industry bodies
On 4 & 5 July FABI and the University of Pretoria (UP) signed Memoranda of Understanding with the South African National Seed Organisation (SANSOR) and Grain SA. These MOUs formalise an ongoing engagement between these organisations and FABI to enhance long-term research objectives and capacity development programmes.
11 Jul 2018
FABIan conducts a Eucalyptus root-rot disease survey
11 Jul 2018
FABIan attends the 8th International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts
10 Jul 2018
FABIan presents at the HealGenCar Conference in Sweden
The HealGenCAR Conference, with the theme: Clonal forestry and breeding for resistance to pests and pathogens, took place 12-14 June in Höör, Sweden.
Research Features
Two research papers from FABI were selected as cover stories in two consecutive issues of the international journal, Plant Pathology. The journal is published by Wiley for the British Society of Plant Pathology.
Approaches for characterizing metabolic potential from genomic sequences have previously been predicted to be useful in the description of bacterial taxa. Dr Marike Palmer, has recently employed these approaches for identifying biological processes contributing to the divergence of bacteria with a variety of lifestyles.
Comparative genomics is shaping our notion of what fungal species are. Based on current data, these unique evolutionary units are separated from one another by boundaries that are porous under certain conditions. This affects our expectations regarding their population biology and evolution, and our strategies for recognizing and controlling them.
An aggressive ambrosia beetle and its fungal symbiont that has the potential to kill many tree species, were recently discovered in South Africa. Dr Trudy Paap, postdoctoral fellow in FABI, found a lane of infested plane trees in the vicinity of the KZN Botanical Gardens in Pietermaritzburg.
Workshops & Symposia
14-16 May 2018
21-25 May 2018
Advanced Phylogenetics
Workshop 1
2018
New Publications
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
Marin-Felix Y, Hernandez-Restrepo M, Wingfield M, Akulov A, Carnegie A, Cheewangkoon R, Gramaje D, Groenewald J, Guarnaccia V, Halleen F, Lombard L, Luangsaard J, Marincowitz S, Moslemi A, Mostert L, Quaedvlieg W, Schumacher R, Spies C, Thangavel R, Taylor P, Wilson A, Wingfield B, Wood A, Crous P. (2018) Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 2. STUDIES IN MYCOLOGY 92:47 - 133.
10.1016/j.simyco.2018.04.002
Burgess TI, Tan YP, Garnas J, Edwards J, Scarlett KA, Shuttleworth LA, Daniel R, Dann EK, Parkinson LE, Dinh Q, Shivas RG, Jami F. (2018) Current status of the Botryosphaeriaceae in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology
10.1007/s13313-018-0577-5 
Tchotet Tchoumi JM, Coetzee MPA, Rajchenberg M, Wingfield MJ, Roux J. (2018) Three Ganoderma species, including Ganoderma dunense sp. nov., associated with dying Acacia cyclops trees in South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathology
10.1007/s13313-018-0575-7
Nicole M. Van Dam, Mesfin Wondafrash, Vartika Mathur , Tom O. Tytgat. (2018) Differences in Hormonal Signaling Triggered by Two Root-feeding Nematode Species Result in Contrasting Effects on Aphid Population Growth. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
10.3389/fevo.2018.00088
Mlonyeni XO, Wingfield MJ, Greeff JM, Wingfield BD, Slippers B. (2018) Genetic diversity of Amylostereum areolatum, the fungal symbiont of the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio in South Africa. Forest Pathology :e12449.
10.1111/efp.12449
Tan YP, Shivas RG, Marney TS , Edwards J , Dearnaley J , Jami F , Burgess TI. (2018) Australian cultures of Botryosphaeriaceae held in Queensland and Victoria plant pathology herbaria revisited. Australasian Plant Pathology
Jami F , Marincowitz S, Crous PW, Jacobsohn A, Wingfield MJ. (2018) A new Cytospora species pathogenic on Carpobrotus edulis in its native habitat. FUSE 2
10.3114/fuse.2018.02.03
Wingfield BD, Bills GF, Dong Y, Huang W, Nel WJ, Swalarsk-Parry BS, Vaghefi N, Wilken PM, An Z, de Beer ZW, De Vos L, Chen L, Duong TA, Gao Y, Hammerbacher A, Kikkert JR, Li Y, Li H, Li K, Li Q, Liu X, Ma X, Naidoo K, Pethybridge SJ, Sun J, Steenkamp ET, van der Nest M, van Wyk S, Wingfield MJ, Xiong C, Yue Q, Zhang X. (2018) IMA Genome-F 9 Draft genome sequence of Annulohypoxylon stygium, Aspergillus mulundensis, Berkeleyomyces basicola (syn. Thielaviopsis basicola), Ceratocystis smalleyi, two Cercospora beticola strains, Coleophoma cylindrospora, Fusarium fracticaudum, Phialophora cf. hyalina, and Morchella septimelata. IMA Fungus 9(1):199-223.
10.5598/imafungus.2018.09.01.13
Ali DB, Marincowitz S, Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Crous PW, McTaggart AR. (2018) Novel Cryphonectriaceae from La Réunion and South Africa, and their pathogenicity on Eucalyptus. Mycological Progress
10.1007/s11557-018-1408-3
Meurisse N, Rassati D, Hurley BP, Brockerhoff EG, Haack RA. (2018) Common pathways by which non-native forest insects move internationally and domestically. Journal of Pest Science
10.1007/s10340-018-0990-0
Taerum SJ, De Beer ZW, Marincowitz S, Jankowiak R, Wingfield MJ. (2018) Ophiostoma quercus: an unusually diverse and globally widespread tree-infecting fungus. Fungal Biology
10.1016/j.funbio.2018.05.005
Pieterse E, Aveling TAS, Jacobs A, Cowan DA. (2018) Seasonal variability in fungal endophytes from Aizoaceae plants in the Succulent Karoo biodiversity hotspot, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 156:19–26.
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.05.004https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.05.004
Some outcomes of the Nomenclature Section of the XIXth International Botanical Congress
Masekela R, Vosloo S, Venter SN, De Beer ZW, Green RJ. (2018) The lung microbiome in children with HIV-bronchiectasis: a cross-sectional pilot study. BMC Pulmonary Medicine 18:87.
10.1186/s12890-018-0632-6
Clasen FJ, Pierneef RE, Slippers B, Reva O. (2018) EuGI: a novel resource for studying genomic islands to facilitate horizontal gene transfer detection in eukaryotes. BMC Genomics 19:323.
10.1186/s12864-018-4724-8
De Beer ZW, Marincowitz S, Duong TA, Wingfield MJ. (2018) (2592) Proposal to conserve Endoconidiophora fagacearum (Bretziella fagacearum, Ceratocystis fagacearum) against Chalara quercina (Thielaviopsis quercina) (Ascomycota: Sordariomycetes: Microascales). Taxon 67:440-440.
10.12705/672.14
Mangwende E, Aveling TAS, Kritzinger Q, Truter M. (2018) Alternaria alternata: A new seed-transmitted disease of coriander in South Africa. European Journal of Plant Pathology :1-8.
10.1007/s10658-018-1484-x
McTaggart AR, Aime MC. (2018) The species of Coleosporium (Pucciniales) on Solidago in North America. Fungal Biology
10.1016/j.funbio.2018.04.007
Doungsa-ard C, McTaggart AR, Geering ADW, Shivas RG. (2018) Diversity of gall-forming rusts (Uromycladium, Pucciniales) on Acacia in Australia. Persoonia 40:221–238.