Funding

Funding bodies and collaborators

EPPI collaborates with the following people and groups

Prof A.A Myburg, who is directing the
Forest Molecular Genetics Programme (FMG) Prof Dave Berger head of the
Molecular Plant-Pathogen Interactions research group.

Dr Noëani Van den Berg is leading the research group
Fruit Tree Biotechnology Programme
Prof Teresa Coutinho has her research group within
Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP)

Dr Emma Steenkamp supervisor of the
Microbial Diversity and Evolution Group

New Publications

Vincent C, Singh A, Michalczyk GZ, Lane SL, Kaur R, Gill AR, Dziedzic N, De Silva K, Cho A, Cardoso AA, Alade DO, Tejera-Nieves M, Sharkey TD, Schmiege SC, Pelech E, Locke AM, Leisner CP, Teshome DT. (2025) Importance of measuring and reporting environmental conditions across plant science subdisciplines. Plant Physiology 199(2) 10.1093/plphys/kiaf405

Solís M, Hammerbacher A, Wingfield MJ, Naidoo S. (2025) Transcriptional responses of Eucalyptus to infection by an aggressive leaf blight pathogen reveal the role of host secondary metabolites during pathogen germination. Plant Molecular Biology 115 10.1007/s11103-025-01625-2

Solís M, Hammerbacher A, Wingfield M.J, Naidoo S. (2025) Enhancing plantation forest sustainability: A review of Eucalyptus defence mechanisms to foliar fungal pathogens. Current Forestry Reports 10.1007/s40725-024-00243-3

Teshome DT, Zharare GE, Ployet R, Naidoo S. (2024) Molecular mechanisms underlying tree host-pathogen interactions under drought stress and subsequent rewatering in Eucalyptus grandis. Plant Stress 10.1016/j.stress.2024.100697

Solís M, Naidoo S, Wingfield MJ, Joubert J, Hammerbacher A. (2024) First line of defence: Eucalyptus leaf waxes influence infection by an aggressive fungal leaf pathogen. Plant Biology 10.1111/plb.13707

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Prof A.A Myburg, who is directing the Forest Molecular Genetics Programme (FMG)	Prof Dave Berger head of the Molecular Plant-Pathogen Interactions research group.


Dr Noëani Van den Berg is leading the research group Fruit Tree Biotechnology Programme	Prof Teresa Coutinho has her research group within Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP)


Dr Emma Steenkamp supervisor of the Microbial Diversity and Evolution Group