Chairperson: Gabrielle Carstensen

Daniel Ali - Taxonomy and pathogenicity of Cryphonectriaceae on native and non-native Myrtales in Africa.

Magdalene Cilliers - Identification of drought molecular markers for soybean.

Ariska van der Nest - The ABCs of describing a fungus using Lecanoticta spp. nov. as reference.
Robert Backer - Functional characterisation of Non-expressor of pathogenesis related genes 1 (NPR1) in Persea americana.