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Databases, Internet Resources and Bioinformatics for Crop Improvement Workshop

Front (L-R): Mrs. Corné Lombard (Course Administrator, ACGT), Akinola Popoola (Nigeria), Prof. Dave Berger (Course Leader, UP), Jendeka Mahasi (Kenya), Josephine Songa (Kenya), Anthony Pariyo (Uganda), Sumita Ramgareeb (SASRI, South Africa), Damian Njoku (Nigeria), Dibanzilua Nginamau (Angola)

Middle (L-R) : Jude Obidiegwu (Nigeria), Renee Prins (UFS and CenGen, South Africa), Koffi Kouassi (Cote d&#39Ivoire), Charles Mutengwa (Zimbabwe), Eric Magembe (Kenya), Elfadil Adam (Sudan), Roobavathie Naidoo (ACCI, South Africa), Maxwell Asante (Ghana), Trushar Shah (Bioinformatics Co-ordinator, BECA, Nairobi), Dr. Fourie Joubert (ACGT Bioinformatics Unit)

Top row (L-R): Dr. Zander Myburg (Guest Lecturer, Genetics Dept., FABI, UP), Prof. Jan-Peter Nap (Course Presenter, Wageninen University, Netherlands), Dr. Yoseph Beyene (Course Presenter, Botany Dept, FABI, UP), Shawn Berry (SASRI, South Africa), Solomon Woyessa (Ethiopia), John Derera (ACCI and Zimbabwe), Kwame Peasah (Ghana), Arnold Mushongi (Tanzania)

New Publications

Bose T, Wingfield MJ, Brachmann A, Witfeld F, Begerow D, Kemler M, Dovey S, Roux J, Slippers B, Vivas M, Hammerbacher A. (2025) Removal of organic biomass in Eucalyptus plantations has a greater impact on fungal than on bacterial networks. Forest Ecology and Management 586:122734. 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122734
Woodward S, Amin H, Mártin-Gárcia J, Solla A, Diaz-Vazquez R, Romeralo C, Alves A, Pinto G, Herron D, Fraser S, Zas R, Doğmuş-Lehtijärvi HT, Bonello P, Wingfield MJ, Witzell J, Diez JJ. (2025) Host-pathogen interactions in the Pine-Fusarium circinatum pathosystem and the potential for resistance deployment in the field. Forest Pathology 55(2):e70020. 10.1111/efp.70020
Maduke N, Slippers B, Van der Linde E, Wingfield M, Fourie G. (2025) Botryosphaeriaceae associated with racemes, fruits and leaves of macadamia in South Africa. Plant Pathology 0:1–15:1–15. 10.1111/ppa.14107
Hulcr J, Barnes I, Barnes M, Gazis R, Hammerbacher A, Johnson AJ, Lynch S, Lynn K, Marais GC, Mayers CG, Nel W, Villari C, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2025) From forest to fungus: A roadmap to bark beetle mycobiome research. Phytoparasitica 53(45) 10.1007/s12600-025-01246-x
Knoppersen RS, Bose T, Coutinho TA, Hammerbacher A. (2025) Inside the Belly of the Beast: Exploring the Gut Bacterial Diversity of Gonipterus sp. n. 2. Microbial Ecology 88:27. 10.1007/s00248-025-02524-1