The RIFT-FABI Tree Protection Programme (RFTPP), is a cooperative venture programme established between the Research Institute of Fast-growing Trees (RIFT)  of the Chinese Academy of Forestry in China, and the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. This Programme has arisen from a long term collaboration between the two institutions that was formally established in 2014. The relationship initially arose from joint funding to the two groups respectively by the Governments of the Peoples Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa as part of bi-lateral funding managed by the Department of Science and Technology (South Africa) and Ministry of Science and Technology in China. This funding has been sustained at various levels over a eight year period and it has resulted in many important outputs in terms of fundamental research, solutions to eucalypt disease problems and education of post graduate students (Human Capacity Development).

The precursor of the RFTPP was a the CERC-FABI Tree Protection Programme was a programme also previously known as the CERC-FABI Eucalyptus Pathology Programme (CFEPP). The overall objectives of that programme were to promote research and knowledge sharing concerning diseases of Eucalyptus. This objective was pursued very effectively but it has been recognized that the opporutnities and needs extend far beyond Eucalyptus and likewise beyond pathology. The need to include other tree crops and entomology has given ruise to an extended programme focused more broadly on TREE HEALTH. Thus, the primary goal of the RFTPP is to build further collaboration and associated opportunities in the field of on tree health research between RIFT and FABI.

Signing a Memorandum of Understanding by Mr. JieFeng Liu (Director of CERC) and Prof. Mike Wingfield (Director of FABI).

Forestry represents one of the most important industrial sectors in China and in South Africa. In China, native forest ecosystems have been strictly protected since 2000, for this reason, plantations of tree such as eucalypts, pines and poplars, have been established to meet the needs of the national economy. By the end of 2013, around 4.5 million hectares of eucalypts have been planted in South China, which makes up about 6% of the whole plantation area of the country. At present, more than 20% of timber in China is obtained from eucalypts. There is no doubt that there will be an ongoing increase in commercial plantations in China to meet the growing needs for timber, paper and pulp in the future. In South Africa, the forestry industry is, similar to China, based on commercially managed plantations of non-native trees such as pine, eucalypts and exotic acacias. These plantations cover in excess of 1.5 million hectares and industry is one of the most important sources of export capital and employment.

The China Eucalypt Research Centre (CERC) (http://www.chinaeuc.com/enDefault.aspx) is the primary organization working on eucalypt breeding in China and it plays an essential role in supporting the eucalypt plantation industry in China. CERC also serves as the headquarters of the China Eucalypt Society and China Eucalypt Breeding Alliance. The research team of the Centre holds first hand knowledge and information regarding eucalypt plantations in China, and has published a large number of papers nationally and internationally in this field.

Former president of the Chinese Academy of Forestry, Madam ZeHui Jiang's visit to SA where FABI linkage was also forged.

The Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI: http://www.fabinet.up.ac.za/) includes a research programme that represents the world's single largest team investigating pest and pathogen problems affecting plantation-grown forest trees, particularly those in the tropics and southern hemisphere. Since 1990, this research team in South Africa has been working extensively to support forestry companies in South Africa as well as those from other parts of the world. In addition to greatly contributing substantially to tree health and sustainable management of forestry through their research, a very substantial base of new knowledge has been generated on diseases and pests that damage forests and threaten the sustainability of forestry. Work has been published extensively in the international literature and students from many different parts of the world have benefited from post graduate education in the field of forest protection.

RIFT and FABI are both committed to promoting an enhanced understanding of the threat of pathogens and pests to forest plantations. They especially recognize the benefits that will come from collaboration and sharing knowledge pertaining to diseases and pests threatening the sustainability of plantations in China, South Africa and elsewhere in the world. Based on this realisation, the two institutions have agreed to established a programme known as the CERC-FABI Tree Protection Programme (CFTPP), now renamed the RFTPP. Funding for this collaborative venture comes from various sources including the South African and Chinese Governments, industrial companies, statutory and aid organisations.

People's Republic of China, Former Minister of Education, Madam ZiLi Chen's visit to FABI.

Objectives of the RFTPP
• Study diseases and pests that threaten forests and forest plantation development in China and South Africa
• Understand the diversity, ecology, pathology and spread of these pathogens and pests that damage trees
• Screen genetic stock used to establish plantationsplantation tree hybrids and clonal material for resistance to the most important diseases and insect pests
• Promote joint opportunities relating to the biological control of insect pests
• Train young researchers in the broad fields related to tree health biotechnology
• Establish and maintain an innovative a model for science and technology cooperation between scientists in China and South Africa

Dr. ShuaiFei Chen
China Eucalypt Research Centre (CERC), Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF)
30, Middle Renmin Avenue, Zhanjiang 524022, GuangDong Province, China
Tel: +86 759 3381022
Fax: +86 759 3380674
E-mail: shuaifei . chen @ fabi.up.ac.za OR shuaifei . chen @gmail.com (please remove gaps)
Prof. Mike Wingfield
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria
Lunnon Road, Hillcrest, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
Tel: +27 12 420 3938
Fax: +27 12 420 3960
E-mail: mike . wingfield @fabi.up.ac.za (please remove gaps)

PUBLICATIONS

  • Chen SF, Li GQ, Liu FF, Michailides TJ. 2015. Novel species of Botryosphaeriaceae associated with shoot blight of pistachio. Mycologia DOI:10.3852/14-242
  • Li GQ, Arnold RJ, Liu FF, Li JQ, Chen SF. 2015. Identification and pathogenicity of Lasiodiplodia species from Eucalyptus urophylla × grandis, Polyscias balfouriana and Bougainvillea spectabilis in southern China. Journal of Phytopathology DOI:10.1111/jph.12398
  • Liu FF, Mbenoun M, Barnes I, Roux J, Wingfield MJ, Li GQ, Li JQ, Chen SF. 2015. New Ceratocystis species from Eucalyptus and Cunninghamia in South China. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek DOI:10.1007/s10482-015-0441-3
  • Lombard L, Chen SF, Mou X, Zhou XD, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ. 2015. New species, hyper-diversity and potential importance of Calonectria spp. from Eucalyptus in South China. Studies in Mycology 80, 151-188. DOI:10.1016/j.simyco.2014.11.003
  • Chen SF, Morgan DP, Hasey JK, Anderson K, Michailides TJ. 2014. Botryosphaeriaceae and Diaporthaceae associated with panicle and shoot blight pistachio in California. Plant Disease 98, 636–652. DOI:10.1094/PDIS-07-13-0706-RE
  • Chen SF, Morgan DP, Michailides TJ. 2014. Botryosphaeriaceae and Diaporthaceae associated with panicle and shoot blight pistachio in California, USA. Fungal Diversity 67, 157-179. DOI:10.1007/s13225-014-0285-6
  • Luo JZ, Arnold RJ, Lu WH, Lin Y. 2014. Genetic variation in Eucalyptus camaldulensis and E. tereticornis for early growth and susceptibility to the gall wasp Leptocybe invasa in China. Euphytica 196, 397-411. DOI:10.1007/s10681-013-1042-8
  • Romón P, De Beer ZW, Zhou XD, Duong TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. 2014. Multigene phylogenies of Ophiostomataceae associated with Monterey pine bark beetles in Spain reveal three new fungal species. Mycologia 106, 119-132. DOI:10.3852/13-073
  • Chen S, Van Wyk M, Roux J, Wingfield MJ, Xie Y, Zhou X. 2013. Taxonomy and pathogenicity of Ceratocystis species on Eucalyptus trees in South China, including C. chinaeucensis sp. nov. Fungal Diversity 58, 267-279.
  • Chen SF, Wingfield MJ, Roets F, Roux J. 2013. A serious canker disease caused by Immersiporthe knoxdaviesiana gen. et sp. nov. (Cryphonectriaceae) on native Rapanea melanophloeos in South Africa. Plant Pathology 62, 667-678.
  • Chen SF, Wingfield MJ, Roux J. 2013. Diversimorbus metrosiderotis gen. et sp. nov. and three new species of Holocryphia (Cryphonectriaceae) associated with cankers on native Metrosideros angustifolia trees in South Africa. Fungal Biology 117, 289–310.
  • Chang RL, Arnold RJ, Zhou XD. 2012. Association between enzyme activity levels in Eucalyptus clones and their susceptibility to the gall wasp, Leptocybe invasa, in South China. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 24:256-264.
  • Chen SF, Barnes I, Chungu D, Roux J, Wingfield MJ, Xie YJ, Zhou XD. 2011. High population diversity and increasing importance of the Eucalyptus stem canker pathogen, Teratosphaeria zuluensis, in South China. Australasian Plant Pathology 40, 407-415.
  • Chen S, Gryzenhout M, Roux J, Xie Y, Wingfield MJ, Zhou X. 2011. Novel species of Celoporthe from Eucalyptus and Syzygium trees in China and Indonesia. Mycologia 103, 1384-1410.
  • Chen SF, Lombard L, Roux J, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD. 2011. Novel species of Calonectria associated with Eucalyptus leaf blight in Southeast China. Persoonia 26, 1-12.
  • Chen SF, Pavlic D, Roux J, Slippers B, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD. 2011. Characterization of Botryosphaeriaceae from plantation-grown Eucalyptus species in South China. Plant Pathology 60, 739-751.
  • Zhou X, Wingfield MJ. 2011. Eucalypt diseases and their management in China. Australasian Plant Pathology 40, 339-345.
  • Chen SF, Gryzenhout M, Roux J, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD. 2010. Identification and Pathogenicity of Chrysoporthe cubensis on Eucalyptus and Syzygium spp. in South China. Plant Disease 94, 1143-1150.
  • Grobbelaar JW, de Beer ZW, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD, Wingfield BD. 2010. Discovery of Ophiostoma tsotsi on Eucalyptus wood chips in China. Mycoscience 52, 111-118.
  • Lombard L, Zhou XD, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. 2010. Calonectria species associated with cutting rot of Eucalyptus. Persoonia 24, 1-11.
  • Paciura D, de Beer ZW, Jacobs K, Zhou XD, Ye H, Wingfield MJ. 2010. Eight new Leptographium species associated with tree-infesting bark beetles in China. Persoonia 25, 94-108.
  • Paciura D, Zhou XD, De Beer ZW, Jacobs,Ye H, Wingfield MJ. 2010. Characterisation of synnematous bark beetle-associated fungi from China,including Graphium carbonarium sp. nov. Fungal Diversity 40, 75-88.
  • Lombard L, Zhou XD, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. 2010. Calonectria species associated with cutting rot of Eucalyptus. Persoonia 24, 1-11.
  • Lu M, Zhou XD, De Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Sun JH. 2009. Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with the invasive pine-infesting bark beetle, Dendroctonus valens, in China. Fungal Diversity 38, 133-145.
  • Yamaoka Y, Masuya H, Chung WH, Goto H, To-Anun C, Tokumasu S, Zhou X, Wingfield MJ. 2008. The teleomorph of Leptographium yunnanense, discovered in crosses among isolates from Thailand, China, and Japan. Mycoscience 49, 233-240.
  • Zhou XD, Jacobs K, Kirisits T, Chhetri DB, Wingfield MJ. 2008. Leptographium bhutanense sp. nov., associated with the root collar weevil Hylobitelus chenkupdorjii on Pinus wallichiana in Bhutan. Persoonia 21, 1-8.
  • Zhou XD, Xie YJ, Chen SF, Wingfield MJ. 2008. Diseases of eucalypt plantations in China: challenges and opportunities. Fungal Diversity 32, 1-7.
  • Romón P, Zhou X, Iturrondobeitia JC, Wingfield MJ, Goldarazena A. 2007. Ophiostoma species (Ascomycetes: Ophiostomatales) associated with bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) colonizing Pinus radiata in northern Spain. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 53, 756-767.
  • Zhou X, Burgess TI, De Beer ZW, Lieutier F, Yart A, Klepzig K, Carnegie A, Portales JM, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. 2007. High intercontinental migration rates and population admixture in the sapstain fungus Ophiostoma ips. Molecular Ecology 16, 89-99.
  • Zhou XD, De Beer ZW, Xie Y, Pegg GS, Wingfield MJ. 2007. DNA-based identification of Quambalaria pitereka causingsevere leaf blight of Corymbia citriodora in China. Fungal Diversity 25, 245-254.
  • Cortinas MN, Burgess T, Dell B, Xu DP, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. 2006. First record of Colletogloeopsiszuluense comb. nov., causing a stem canker of Eucalyptus in China. Mycological Research 110, 229-236.
  • Zhou XD, De Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ. 2006. DNA sequence comparisons of Ophiostoma spp., including Ophiostoma aurorae sp. nov., associated with pine bark beetles in South Africa. Studies in Mycology 55, 269-277.
  • Kim JJ, Lim YW, Breuil C, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD, Kim GH. 2005. A new Leptographium species associated with Tomicus piniperda infesting pine logs in Korea. Mycological Research 109, 275-284.
  • Zhou XD, De Beer ZW, Ahumada R, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. 2004. Ophiostoma and Ceratocystiopsis spp. associated with two pine-infesting bark beetles in Chile. Fungal Diversity 15, 261-274.
  • Zhou X, De Beer ZW, Cibrian D, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. 2004. Characterisation of Ophiostoma species associated with pine bark beetles from Mexico, including O. pulvinisporum sp. nov. Mycological Research 108, 690-698.
  • Zhou X, De Beer ZW, Harrington TC, McNew D, Kirisits T, Wingfield MJ. 2004. Epitypification of Ophiostoma galeiforme and phylogeny of species in the O. galeiforme complex. Mycologia 96, 1306-1315.
  • Zhou XD, Burgess T, De Beer ZW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. 2002. Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the tree pathogen and sapstain agent, Ophiostoma ips. Molecular Ecology Notes 2, 309-312.
  • Zhou XD, De Beer ZW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. 2002. Infection sequence and pathogenicity of Ophiostoma ips, Leptographium serpens and L. lundbergii to pines in South Africa. Fungal Diversity 10, 229-240.
  • Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Zhou XD, De Beer ZW, Govender P, Wingfield BD. 2001. Global spread of insect-associated fungi on exotic plantation pines. IUFRO World Series 11, 107-114.
  • Zhou XD, De Beer ZW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. 2001. Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with three pine-infesting bark beetles in South Africa. Sydowia 53, 290-300.

People's Republic of China, Former Minister of Education, Madam ZiLi Chen's visit to FABI.

Forestry represents one of the most important industrial sectors in South Africa (SA) and in the People's Republic of China (PRC). In South Africa, the Forestry Industry is based on commercially managed plantations of non-native tree species such as those of Pine, Eucalypts and Acacias. These plantations cover in excess of 1.5 million hectares and industry is one of the most important sources of export capital and employment. In contrast, Forestry in China is mainly concerned with the management of natural forest. Here, forests cover 18.2% of the total land area, with more than 170 million hectares of forest. Of this, 69% is regarded as natural forest, and 31% is represented by plantations.

Native forest ecosystems in China have been strictly protected from logging since 2000. For this reason Eucalypt plantations have been established to meet the needs of the rapidly growing national economy. At the present time, in excess of 1.7 million hectares of Eucalypt trees have been planted in South China, especially in the provinces of GuangXi, GuangDong, HaiNan, FuJian, and Yunnan. Moreover, the company Asian Paper and Pulping (APP) has established one of the first pulp mills supplying approximately 1 million tons of pulp P/A in the HaiNan province. Two additional pulp mills with similar production capacity are in the process of being constructed in GuangDong and GuangXi and these should come on line in 2007. There is no doubt that there will be a substantial increase in Eucalyptus planting in China to meet the growing paper and pulp needs of the future.

NEWS REPORTS

  1. Key Facilities
  2. Shuaifei Chen - Project
  3. Stephen Taerum visits CERC
  4. Diseases and pests surveys & mutual visits

New Publications

Chepsergon J, Moleleki LN. (2023) “Order from disordered”: Potential role of intrinsically disordered regions in phytopathogenic oomycete intracellular effector proteins. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 75:102402. 10.1016/j.pbi.2023.102402
Macharia TN, Duong TA, Moleleki LN. (2023) n silico secretome analyses of the polyphagous root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica: a resource for studying M. javanica secreted proteins. BMC Genomics 24:296. 10.1186/s12864-023-09366-6
Chepsergon J, Lucy N Moleleki. (2023) Rhizosphere bacterial interactions and impact on plant health. Current Opinion in Microbiology 73:102297. 10.1016/j.mib.2023.102297
Jane Chepsergon, Celiwe Nxumalo, Brenda Salasini, Aquillah Kanzi, Lucy Moleleki. (2022) Short Linear Motifs (SLiMs) in “Core” RxLR effectors of Phytophthora parasitica var. nicotianae: A case of PpRxLR1 effector. Microbiology Spectrum 10(2) 10.1128/spectrum.01774-21
Maphosa S and Moleleki LN. (2021) Isolation and Characterization of Outer Membrane Vesicles of Pectobacterium brasiliense 1692. Microorganisms 9:1-20. 10.3390/ microorganisms9091918
Jane Chepsergon, Thabiso E. Motaung, Lucy Novungayo Moleleki. (2021) “Core” RxLR effectors in phytopathogenic oomycetes: A promising way to breeding for durable resistance in plants?. Virulence 12(1):1921-1935. 10.1080/21505594.2021.1948277
Collins Kipngetich Tanui, Divine Yutefar Shyntum, Precious K. Sedibane, Daniel Bellieny-Rabelo, Lucy N. Moleleki. (2021) Pectobacterium brasiliense 1692 chemotactic responses and the role of methyl-accepting chemotactic proteins in ecological fitness. 12 10.3389/fpls.2021.650894 PDF
Teresia N. Macharia, Daniel Bellieny-Rabelo, Lucy N. Moleleki. (2020) Transcriptome Profiling of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Responses to Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) Infestation during A Compatible Interaction. 10.3390/microorganisms8091443
Chepsergon J, Motaung TE, Bellieny-Rabelo D, Moleleki LN. (2020) Organize, Don’t Agonize: Strategic Success of Phytophthora Species. Microorganisms 8(6):917. 10.3390/microorganisms8060917
Shin G, Schacterle JK, Shyntum DY, Moleleki LN, Coutinho T, Sundin GW. (2019) Functional characterization of a global virulence regulator Hfq and identification of Hfq-dependent sRNAs in the plant pathogen Pantoea ananatis. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:1-19. 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02075
Shutt VM, Shin G, van der Waals JE, Goszczynska T, Coutinho T. (2018) Characterization of Ralstonia strains infecting tomato plants in South Africa. Crop Protection 112:56-62. 10.1016/j.cropro.2018.05.013
Siphathele Sibanda, Stanford Kwenda, Collins K. Tanui, Divine Shyntum, Teresa Coutinho, Lucy Moleleki. (2018) Transcriptome profiling reveals the EanI/R quorum sensing regulon in Pantoea ananatis LMG 2665T. Genes 9(3):148. 10.3390/genes9030148
Siphathele Sibanda, Lucy Moleleki, Divine Shyntum, Teresa Coutinho. 2018. Quorum Sensing in Gram-Negative Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. In: Advances in Plant Pathology. Intechopen., London SE1 9SG, United Kingdom, pp 67-89.
Tanui CK, Shyntum DY, Priem SL, Theron J, Moleleki LN. (2017) Influence of the ferric uptake regulator (Fur) protein on pathogenicity in Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense. Plos One 5(12) 10.1371/journal.pone.0177647
Gorshkov V, Kwenda S, Petrova O, Osipova E, Gogolev Y, Moleleki LN. (2017) Global Gene Expression Analysis of Cross-Protected Phenotype of Pectobacterium atrosepticum. PLoS ONE 12(1) 10.1371/journal.pone.0169536
Weller-Stuart T, Toth I, De Maayer P, Coutinho T. (2017) Swimming and twitching motility are essential for attachment and virulence of Pantoea ananatis in onion seedlings. Molecular Plant Pathology 18(5):734-745. 10.1111/mpp.12432
Kwenda S, Motlolometsi TV, Birch PRJ, Moleleki LN. (2016) RNA-seq profiling reveals defense responses in a tolerant potato cultivar to stem infection by Pectobacterium carotovorum ssp. brasiliense. Frontiers in Plant Science 7(1905) 10.3389/fpls.2016.01905
Kwenda S, Birch PRJ, Moleleki LN. (2016) Genome-wide identification of potato long intergenic noncoding RNAs responsive to Pectobacterium carotovorum subspecies brasiliense infection. BMC Genomics 17(614) 10.1186/s12864-016-2967-9
Sibanda S, Theron J, Shyntum DY, Moleleki LN, Coutinho TA. (2016) Characterization of two LuxI/R homologs in Pantoea ananatis LMG 2665 T. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 62(11):893-903. 10.1139/cjm-2016-0143
Moleleki LN, Pretorius RG, Tanui CK, Mosina G, Theron J. (2016) A quorum sensing‐defective mutant of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense 1692 is attenuated in virulence and unable to occlude xylem tissue of susceptible potato plant stems. Molecular Plant Pathology 10.1111/mpp.12372
Kwenda S, Gorshkov V, Ramesh AM, Naidoo S, Rubagotti E, Birch PRJ, Moleleki LN. (2016) Discovery and profiling of small RNAs responsive to stress conditions in the plant pathogen Pectobacterium atrosepticum. BMC Genomics 17(1) 10.1186/s12864-016-2376-0
Onkendi EM, Ramesh AM, Kwenda S, Naidoo S, Moleleki LN. (2016) Draft Genome Sequence of a Virulent Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense Isolate Causing Soft Rot of Cucumber. Genome Announcements 4(1) 10.1128/genomeA.01530-15 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
Mongae A, Moleleki L. (2015) The effect of β-aminobutyric acid (BABA) on root knot nematode and soft rot pathogen disease complexes in Solanum tuberosum plants. European Journal of Plant Pathology 142(1):117-124. 10.1007/s10658-015-0596-9
Shyntum D, Theron J, Moleleki L, Toth I, Venter SN, Coutinho TA. (2015) Pantoea ananatis utilizes a type VI secretion system for pathogenesis and bacterial competition. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 28(4):420-431. 10.1094/MPMI-07-14-0219-R
De Maayer P, Chan WY, Rubagotti E, Venter SN, Toth IK, Birch PR, Coutinho TA. (2014) Analysis of the Pantoea ananatis pan-genome reveals factors underlying its ability to colonize and interact with plant, insect and vertebrate hosts. BMC Genomics 15:404. 10.1186/1471-2164-15-404 PDF
Onkendi EM, Moleleki LN. (2014) Characterization of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum and brasiliense from diseased potatoes in Kenya. European Journal of Plant Pathology 139:557-566. 10.1007/s10658-014-0411-z
Shyntum DY, Venter SN, Moleleki LN, Toth I, Coutinho TA. (2014) Comparative genomics of type VI secretion systems in strains of Pantoea ananatis from different environments. BMC Genomics 15:163. 10.1186/1471-2164-15-163
Onkendi EM, Kariuki GM, Marais M, Moleleki LN. (2014) Threat of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) in Africa: a review. Plant Pathology 63(4):727-737. 10.1111/ppa.12202
Petrova O, Gorshkov V, Daminova A, Ageeva M, Moleleki LN, Gogolev Y. (2014) Stress response in Pectobacterium atrosepticum SCRI1043 under starvation conditions: adaptive reactions at a low population density. Research Microbiology 165(2):119-127. 10.1016/j.resmic.2013.11.004
Onkendi EM, Maluleke N, Moleleki LN. (2013) First report of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense causing soft rot and blackleg diseases of potatoes in Kenya. Plant Disease 98(5):684. 10.1094/PDIS-09-13-0988-PDN
Kubheka GC, Coutinho T, Moleleki N, Moleleki LN. (2013) Colonisation patterns of a mCherry-tagged Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense in potato. Phytopathology 103(12):1269-1279. 10.1094/PHYTO-02-13-0049-R
Onkendi EM, Moleleki LN. (2013) Genetic diversity of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) in potatoes from South Africa. Plant Pathology 62 :1184–1192. 10.1111/ppa.12035
Amy Charkowski, Sylvie Reverchon, Pablo Rodr´ıguez Palenzuela, Michael San Francisco, Ian Toth, Shinji Tsuyumu, Jacquie van der Waals, Jan van der Wolf, Fr´ed´erique Van Gijsegem, Ching-Hong Yang, Nicole Perna, Andrew Pitman, Minna Pirhonen, Carlos Blanco, Guy Condemine, Dominique Expert, Thierry Franza, Christopher Hayes, Nicole Hugouvieux-Cotte-Pattat, Emilia L´ opez Solanilla, David Low, Lucy Moleleki, Iris Yedidia. (2012) The role of secretion systems and small molecules in soft rot Enterobacteriaceae pathogenicity. Annual Review of Phyotopathology 50:425-49. 10.1146/annurev-phyto-081211-173013
Mongae A, Kubheka GC, Moleleki N, Moleleki LN. (2012) The use of fluorescent protein tagging to study interactions between Root Knot Nematodes and Soft Rot Enterobacteriaceae. Letters in Applied Microbiology 56(4):258-63. 10.1111/lam.12045
Onkendi EM, Moleleki LN. (2012) Detection of Meloidogyne enterolobii in potatoes in South Africa and phylogenetic analysis based on intergenic region and the mitochondrial DNA sequences. European Journal of Plant Pathology 135(1):1-5. 10.1007/s10658-012-0142-y
Bulani IS, Moleleki LN, Albertyn J, Moleleki N. (2012) Development of a novel rDNA based plasmid for enhanced cell surface display on Yarrowia lipolytica. AMB Express 2:27. 10.1186/2191-0855-2-27
Moleleki LN, Mongae A, Onkendi EM, Kubheka GC. (2012) Characterisation of Pectobacterium wasabiae causing blackleg and soft rot diseases in South Africa. European Journal of Plant Pathology 135:279-288. 10.1007/s10658-012-0084-4
De Maayer P, Chan WY, Venter SN, Toth IK, Birch PRJ, Joubert F, Coutinho TA. (2010) Genome Sequence of Pantoea ananatis LMG20103, the Causative Agent of Eucalyptus Blight and Dieback. Journal of Bacteriology 192(11):2936-2937. 10.1128/JB.00060-10 PDF
van den Berg N, Berger DK, Hein I, Birch PRJ, Wingfield MJ, Viljoen A. (2009) Genes up-regulated in tolerant cavendish banana roots in response to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense infection. Acta Horticulturae 828:273-282. PDF
Toth IK , Birch PRJ , Liu H , Pritchard L , Humphries s, Ravensdale M , Moleleki L , Gilroy EM. (2008) What will a genome sequence do for fire blight research? Pectobacterium atrosepticum and potato - A case study. Acta Horticulturae 793:157-162.
Whisson SC, Pritchard L, Toth IK, Hein I, Chapman S, van West P, Grouffaud S, Armstrong MR, Gilroy EM, Morales JG, Avrova AO, Moleleki L, Boevink PC, Birch PR. (2007) A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector proteins into host plant cells. Nature 7166 :115-8. 10.1038/nature06203
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